Alexander disease: A genetic disorder of astrocytes

Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System

Volumn 9780387794921, Issue , 2009, Pages 591-648

  Brenner, Michael ^a   Goldman, James E ^b   Quinlan, Roy A ^c   Messing, Albee ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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