Contrast enhancement of brainstem tracts in Zellweger spectrum disorder: Evidence of inflammatory demyelination?

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-34

  Kulkarni, Kopal S ^a   Baranano, K W ^b   Lin, D D M ^c   Raymond, G V ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

demyelination; MRI; Zellweger spectrum disorder

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DISORDERS OF PEROXISOMAL FUNCTIONS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

BRAIN STEM; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ZELLWEGER SYNDROME;

EID: 79955848792     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275729     Document Type: Article

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