Pathomechanism of leukoaraiosis: A molecular bridge between the genetic, biochemical, and clinical processes (a mitochondrial hypothesis)

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-33

  Szolnoki, Zoltán ^a  

^a Pandy Kalman County Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; KINESIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOSKELETON; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENERGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROIMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33751075727     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NMM:9:1:21     Document Type: Review

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