Update on leukodystrophies: A historical perspective and adapted definition

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 349-354

  Kevelam, Sietske H ^a,b   Steenweg, Marjan E ^a,b   Srivastava, Siddharth ^c   Helman, Guy ^d   Naidu, Sakkubai ^c   Schiffmann, Raphael ^e   Blaser, Susan ^f   Vanderver, Adeline ^d   Wolf, Nicole I ^a,b   Van Der Knaap, Marjo S ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

genetics; leukodystrophy; myelin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; POLR3A PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LEUKODYSTROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA TRANSLATION; WHITE MATTER; GENETICS; HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HISTORY;

HEREDITARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE III;

EID: 84984626781     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588020     Document Type: Article

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