An autopsy case of spinal muscular atrophy type III (Kugelberg-Welander disease)

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Kuru, Satoshi ^a   Sakai, Motoko ^a   Konagaya, Masaaki ^a   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b   Saito, Kayoko ^c  

^a SUZUKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatolytic chage; Glial bundles; Gliosis; Gpinal muscular atrophy type III

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DENTATE NUCLEUS; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KUGELBERG WELANDER DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

AGED; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 58449137250     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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