Genetic disorders affecting white matter in the pediatric age

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 129 B, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Di Rocco, Maja ^a   Biancheri, Roberta ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Filocamo, Mirella ^a   Tortori Donati, Paolo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Genetic diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelin

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ALEXANDER DISEASE; AXONAL INJURY; CANAVAN DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MYELINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIALIC ACID STORAGE DISEASE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 3342946662     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30029     Document Type: Review

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