MS-like presentation of alexander disease with multifocal lesions and oligoclonal bands

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 935-937

  Tschampa, Henriette J ^a   Greschus, Susanne ^a   Vinahl, Michael ^a   Urbach, Horst ^a   Mueller, Marcus M ^a   Gerding, Wanda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79960028745     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5846-3     Document Type: Letter

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