Discrepancy between neuroimaging findings and clinical phenotype in Alexander disease

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2088-2092

  Dinopoulos, Argirios ^a   Gorospe, J R ^b   Egelhoff, J C ^a   Cecil, K M ^a   Nicolaidou, P ^c   Morehart, P ^a   DeGrauw, T ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33751211842     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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