Neurological presentation of Griscelli syndrome: Obstructive hydrocephalus without haematological abnormalities or organomegaly

Brain and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-250

  Rajadhyax, Mamata ^a   Neti, Gayatri ^a   Crow, Yanick ^a   Tyagi, Atul ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Griscelli disease (GS); Hemophagocytosis; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; PIEBALDISM; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33847143627     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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