Myelin mishaps

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-109

  Barkovich, A James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LEUKODYSTROPHY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIALIC ACID STORAGE DISEASE; SPECTROSCOPY; TAY SACHS DISEASE; TRICHOTHIODYSTROPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE;

EID: 35148825118     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21165     Document Type: Editorial

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