Microphthalmia and brain atrophy: A novel neurodegenerative disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 719-723

  Kanavin, Øivind J ^a   Haakonsen, Monika ^a   Server, Andrès ^a   Bajwa, Tariq J ^a   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^b   Strømme, Petter ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MICROPHTHALMIA; MICROPHTHALMIA BRAIN ATROPHY DISEASE; MOBA DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33645770669     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20827     Document Type: Article

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