Clinical and genetic characterization of leukoencephalopathies in adults

Brain

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1204-1211

  Lynch, David S ^a   Rodrigues Brandão De Paiva, Anderson ^b   Zhang, Wei Jia ^a   Bugiardini, Enrico ^a   Freua, Fernando ^b   Tavares Lucato, Leandro ^b   Macedo Souza, Lucia Inês ^b   Lakshmanan, Rahul ^c   Kinsella, Justin A ^d   Merwick, Aine ^c,e   Rossor, Alexander M ^a   Bajaj, Nin ^f   Herron, Brian ^g   McMonagle, Paul ^g   Morrison, Patrick J ^h   Hughes, Deborah ^a   Pittman, Alan ^a   Laurà, Matilde ^a   Reilly, Mary M ^a   Warren, Jason D ^a   Mummery, Catherine J ^a   Schott, Jonathan M ^a   Adams, Matthew ^c   Fox, Nick C ^a   Murphy, Elaine ^c   Davagnanam, Indran ^c   Kok, Fernando ^b   Chataway, Jeremy ^a   Houlden, Henry ^a,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

imaging; leukodystrophy; neurodegeneration; white matter lesion

Indexed keywords

AARS2 PROTEIN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR EIF2B5; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADASIL; CATHEPSIN A RELATED ARTERIOPATHY WITH STROKES AND LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; CHILD; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOMYELINATING DISORDER; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SANGER SEQUENCING; VANISHING WHITE MATTER DISEASE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; WHOLE EXOME SEQUENCING; YOUNG ADULT; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXOME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019582044     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awx045     Document Type: Article

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