Transient leukoencephalopathy associated with X-linked charcot-marie-tooth disease

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1013-1016

  Rosser, Tena ^a,b   Muir, Jason ^b   Panigrahy, Ashok ^c   Baldwin, Erin E ^d   Boles, Richard G ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth 1X; Charcot Marie Tooth disease; CMT; connexin 32; GJB1 gene

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; CONNEXINS; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 77954756350     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809352378     Document Type: Article

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