Insights into the dynamics of hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 925-929

  Van Gerpen, J A ^a   Wider, C ^a   Broderick, D F ^a   Dickson, D W ^a   Brown, L A ^a   Wszolek, Z K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENEALOGY; HEREDITARY DIFFUSE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SPHEROIDS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 54049156548     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000325916.30701.21     Document Type: Article

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