Late-onset neuropsychological symptoms in a Japanese patient with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 286-290

  Sugiura, Chitose ^a,b   Shiota, M ^a   Maegaki, Y ^b   Yoshida, K ^a   Koeda, T ^b   Kitahara, T ^a   Ohno, K ^b  

^a Tottori Prefectural Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compulsive behavior; Dystonia; Frontal lobe dysfunction; Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts; Tic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPASTICITY; STUTTERING; SYMPTOM; TIC;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CYSTS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33846577378     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955930     Document Type: Article

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