White matter lesions in spastic paraplegia with mutations in SPG5/CYP7B1

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-65

  Biancheri, Roberta ^a   Ciccolella, Marianna ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Tessa, Alessandra ^b   Cassandrini, Denise ^a   Minetti, Carlo ^a   Santorelli, Filippo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HRM; Mutation; Spastic paraplegia; SPG5; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 8Q; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59149086340     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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