Unusual diagnosis in a child suffering from Juvenile Alexander disease: Clinical and imaging report

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1075-1080

  Franzoni, Emilio ^a,e   Van der Knaap, Marjo S ^b   Errani, Alessandra ^a   Colonnelli, Maria Chiara ^a   Bracceschi, Roberta ^a   Malaspina, Elisabetta ^a   Moscano, Filomena Caterina ^a   Garone, Caterina ^a   Sarajlija, Jasenka ^a   Zimmerman, Robert A ^c   Salomons, Gajja S ^b   Bernardi, Bruno ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VERTIGO; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; APNEA; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33846391176     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/7010.2006.00235     Document Type: Article

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