Peripheral neuropathy in late-onset Krabbe disease: Report of three cases

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Malandrini, A ^a   D'Eramo, C ^a   Palmeri, S ^a   Gaudiano, C ^a   Gambelli, S ^a   Sicurelli, F ^a   Berti, G ^a   Formichi, P ^a   Kuqo, A ^b   Dotti, M T ^a   Federico, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

Author keywords

GALC gene; Intracytoplasmic inclusions; Krabbe's disease; Nerve biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84872686006     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0956-6     Document Type: Article

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