Five new cases of a recently described leukoencephalopathy with high brain lactate

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 688-692

  Linnankivi, Tarja ^a   Lundbom, N ^a   Autti, T ^a   Hakkinen A M ^b   Koillinen, H ^c   Kuusi, T ^a   Lonnqvist T ^a   Sainio, K ^a   Valanne, L ^a   Aarimaa T ^c   Pihko, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BRAIN LEVEL; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; TREMOR; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 4143088124     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000134658.35601.41     Document Type: Article

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