Improvement of white matter changes on neuroimaging modalities after stem cell transplant in metachromatic leukodystrophy

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 779-782

  Van Egmond, Martje E ^a   Pouwels, Petra J W ^a   Boelens, Jaap Jan ^b   Lindemans, Caroline A ^b   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Steenwijk, Martijn D ^a   Van Hasselt, Peter M ^b   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^a   Wolf, Nicole I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; SERTRALINE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AREFLEXIA; ARSA GENE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEMYELINATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84878793337     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.629     Document Type: Article

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