Review of Alexander disease: Beyond the classical concept of leukodystrophy

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Sawaishi, Yukio ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; GFAP; Leukodystrophy; Rosenthal fiber

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME 17Q; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WHITE MATTER;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 67649422272     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2009.03.006     Document Type: Review

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