Adult α-mannosidosis: Clinical progression in the absence of demyelination

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1744-1746

  Gutschalk, A ^a,b   Harting, I ^a   Cantz, M ^a   Springer, C ^a   Rohrschneider, K ^a   Meinck, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MANNOSIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC DISORDER; HANDEDNESS; HEARING LOSS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MALE; MANNOSIDOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETINA DEGENERATION; SIBLING; SPECTROSCOPY; SPLENOMEGALY; VISUAL ACUITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 8644249036     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000143057.25471.4F     Document Type: Article

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