Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids: Novel imaging findings

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-314

  Boissé, Lysa ^a   Islam, Omar ^a   Woulfe, John ^b   Ludwin, Samuel K ^a   Brunet, Donald G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; SLURRED SPEECH; SPHEROID CELL; BIOPSY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; MYELIN SHEATH; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

AXONS; BIOPSY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR;

EID: 77649174491     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.180224     Document Type: Article

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