Alexander disease as a cause of nocturnal vomiting in a 7-year-old girl

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 872-875

  Niinikoski, Harri ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a   Brander, Antti ^b   Valanne, Leena ^c   Blaser, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; Child; Leukodystrophy; MRI; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXON; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NOCTURNAL VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 68249161912     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1289-3     Document Type: Article

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