Magnetic resonance imaging of a unique mutation in a family with pelizaeus - Merzbacher disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 748-752

  Miller, Elka ^a   Widjaja, Elysa ^a   Nilsson, Daniel ^a   Yoon, Grace ^a   Banwell, Brenda ^a   Blaser, Susan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

DTI; MRI; Pelizaeus Merzbacher disease; Proteolipid protein 1

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; PELIZAEUS-MERZBACHER DISEASE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 77649225603     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33305     Document Type: Article

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