DARS-associated leukoencephalopathy can mimic a steroid-responsive neuroinflammatory disorder

Neurology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-230

  Wolf, Nicole I ^a,b   Toro, Camilo ^c   Kister, Ilya ^d   Latif, Kartikasalwah Abd ^e   Leventer, Richard ^f   Pizzino, Amy ^g   Simons, Cas ^h   Abbink, Truus E M ^a,b   Taft, Ryan J ^h,i,j   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^a,b,k   Vanderver, Adeline ^g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

^k VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; IBUPROFEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; DARS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LACTIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DARS GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; INFANT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; METABOLISM; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUTATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; ASPARTATE-TRNA LIGASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUTATION; SPINAL CORD; STEROIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925936409     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001157     Document Type: Article

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