Adult-onset Alexander disease: A series of eleven unrelated cases with review of the literature

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2321-2331

  Pareyson, Davide ^a   Fancellu, Roberto ^a   Mariotti, Caterina ^a   Romano, Silvia ^b   Salmaggi, Andrea ^a   Carella, Francesco ^a   Girotti, Floriano ^a   Gattellaro, Grazietta ^a   Carriero, Maria Rita ^a   Farina, Laura ^a   Ceccherini, Isabella ^c   Savoiardo, Mario ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; Brainstem diseases; GFAP; Medulla oblongata atrophy; Palatal myoclonus

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PALATE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALEXANDER DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 50849084473     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn178     Document Type: Article

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