GM2-Gangliosidosis (Sandhoff and Tay Sachs disease): Diagnosis and Neuroimaging Findings (An Iranian Pediatric Case Series)

Iranian Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 55-60

  Karimzadeh, Parvaneh ^a,b   Jafari, Narjes ^a   Nejad Biglari, Habibeh ^a   Jabbeh Dari, Sayena ^a   Ahmad Abadi, Farzad ^a,c   Alaee, Mohammad Reza ^b   Nemati, Hamid ^a   Saket, Sasan ^a   Tonekaboni, Seyed Hasan ^a,b   Taghdiri, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b   Ghofrani, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic disorders; Neurometabolic disorders; Sandhoff disease; Tay sachs disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE B; HEXOSAMINIDASE AB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DEMYELINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPHAGIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; HYPO MYELINATION; IMMOBILITY; IRAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGENY; SANDHOFF DISEASE; SPASTICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; TAY SACHS DISEASE; THALAMUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 84903958238     PISSN: 17354668     EISSN: 20080700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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