Molecular genetic studies in Indian patients with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 450-458

  Shukla, Pallavi ^a   Gupta, Neerja ^a   Ghosh, Manju ^a   Vasisht, Suman ^a   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Balakrishnan, Prahlad ^a   Sharma, Raju ^a   Gupta, Arun K ^a   Kamate, Mahesh ^b   Kalra, Veena ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFORMATION SENSITIVE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MEGALENCEPHALIC LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC TESTING; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 79955872549     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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