Childhood ataxia with cerebral hypomyelination (CACH) syndrome: A study of three siblings

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-374

  Vaidya, Sachin R ^a   Desai, Shrinivas B ^a   Khadilkar, Satish V ^a,b   Mehta, Neeta A ^a  

^a GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood ataxia; Hypomyelination; MRI; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; SIBLING; SPECTROSCOPY; WHITE MATTER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATAXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; SYNDROME;

EID: 7244231202     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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