Infantile onset Alexander disease with normal head circumference: A genetically proven case report

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages PD03-PD04

  Goyal, Manisha ^a   Mehndiratta, Sumit ^a   Faruq, Mohammed ^b   Dwivedi, Manish Kumar ^b   Kapoor, Seema ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Leukodystrophy; Macrocephaly; Psychomotor regression

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENE; GFAP GENE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84924911925     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/10211.5200     Document Type: Article

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