Pelizaeus-merzbacher-like disease presentation of MCT8 mutated male subjects

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-118

  Vaurs Barrière, Catherine ^a,b   Deville, Marlène ^c   Sarret, Catherine ^a,b   Giraud, Geneviève ^a,b   Des Portes, Vincent ^d   Prats Viñas, José Maria ^e   De Michele, Giuseppe ^f   Dan, Bernard ^g   Brady, Angela F ^h   Boespflug Tanguy, Odile ^a,b,i,j   Touraine, Renaud ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^e HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

^h Kennedy Galton Centre   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^j Faculté de Médecine   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MCT8 GENE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MUTATION; MYELIN SHEATH; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 60749137633     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21579     Document Type: Article

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