Infantile onset progressive cerebellar atrophy and anterior horn cell degeneration-A late onset variant of PCH-1?

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-101

  Lev, Dorit ^a   Michelson Kerman, Marina ^a   Vinkler, Chana ^a   Blumkin, Lubov ^a   Shalev, Stavit A ^b   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anterior horn cell degeneration; Cerebellar atrophy; Mental retardation; Pontocerebellar hypoplasia; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTERIOR HORN CELL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PONTOCEREBELLAR HYPOPLASIA TYPE 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; PONS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39749110158     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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