Adult-onset Alexander disease: Report on a family

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-30

  Balbi, P ^a   Seri, M ^b   Ceccherini, I ^c   Uggetti, C ^d   Casale, R ^a   Fundaro C ^a   Caroli, F ^c   Santoro, L ^e  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; GFAP; Mutations; Neurodegenerative disorder; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LYSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CODON; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN; CODON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 38549089132     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0654-0     Document Type: Article

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