Head trauma can initiate the onset of adreno-leukodystrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 70-74

  Raymond, Gerald V ^a   Seidman, Roberta ^b   Monteith, Teshamae S ^c   Kolodny, Edwin ^d   Sathe, Swati ^d   Mahmood, Asif ^e   Powers, James M ^f  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adreno leukodystrophy; Adrenomyeloneuropathy; Demyelination; Dysmyelination; Head trauma; Long chain fatty acids; White matter

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSALITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849096077     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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