Leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation in the first Polish patient

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 713-717

  Mierzewska, Hanna ^a   van der Knaap, Marjo S ^b   Scheper, Gert C ^b   Bekiesinska Figatowska, Monika ^a   Szczepanik, Elzbieta ^a   Jurkiewicz, Elzbieta ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

LBSL; Leukoencephalopathy; MRI; MRS

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FALLING; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; POLAND; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052453736     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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