Leukodystrophies: Diseases of white matter of the nervous system;Netzwerkprojekte für die Erforschung von Leukodystrophien, einer Gruppe seltener Erkrankungen der weißen Substanz des Nervensystems

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1531-1540

  Gartner J ^a   Kohlschutter A ^b   Gieselmann, Volkmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leukencephalopathies; Leukodystrophies; Myelin; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 37149015359     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-007-0388-2     Document Type: Article

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