Glial fibrillary acidic protein mutations in adult-onset alexander disease: Clinical features observed in 12 japanese patients

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Yoshida, T ^a   Sasayama, H ^a   Mizuta, I ^a   Okamoto, Y ^b   Yoshida, M ^c   Riku, Y ^d   Hayashi, Y ^e   Yonezu, T ^f   Takata, Y ^g   Ohnari, K ^h   Okuda, S ⁱ   Aiba, I ^j   Nakagawa, M ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g National Hospital Organization Okinawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^j Meito ku   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Alexander disease; Gene analysis; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; MRI

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET ALEXANDER DISEASE; AGED; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMORY DISORDER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PYRAMIDAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALEXANDER DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79960150982     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2010.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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