A case of pigmentary orthochromatic leukodystrophy with findings of proton MR spectroscopy and serial brain MRIs

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Sohn, Sung Yeon ^a   Ko, Young Jin ^a   Hong, Ji Man ^a   Kim, Se Hyuk ^a   Kim, Ho Sung ^a   Kim, Jang Hee ^a   Chi, Je Geun ^b   Moon, So Young ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids; MR spectroscopy; MRI; Pigmentary orthochromatic leukodystrophy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ELECTROLYTE; FOLIC ACID; LIPOFUSCIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GAIT DISORDER; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PIGMENTARY ORTHOCHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SEROLOGY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SYPHILIS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CREATINE; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 77953869888     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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