Alexander disease: Not just a leukodystrophy anymore

Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-469

  Barkovich, A James ^a   Messing, Albee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33645000680     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000200905.43191.4d     Document Type: Editorial

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