Adult-onset hereditary leukoencephalopathy: Classification and molecular basis of the disorder

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1386-1389

  Ikeuchi, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult onset; CSF 1R; Hereditary leukoencephalopathy; Microglia; Neuroaxonal spheroid

Indexed keywords

ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT ONSET HEREDITARY LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTERY DISEASE; CADASIL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1 RECEPTOR GENE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY DIFFUSE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY WITH SPHEROID; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; MICROGLIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MICE;

EID: 84880537135     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.52.1386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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