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Foamy cells with oligodendroglial phenotype in childhood ataxia with diffuse central nervous system hypomyelination syndrome.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Dec 2000
Wong K, Armstrong R C, Gyure K A, Morrison A L, Rodriguez D, Matalon R, Johnson A B, Wollmann R, Gilbert E, Le T Q, Bradley C A, Crutchfield K, Schiffmann R
Abstract excerpt
Childhood ataxia with diffuse central nervous system hypomyelination syndrome (CACH) is a recently described leukodystrophy of unknown etiology. To characterize the neuropathological features and gain insight as to the pathogenesis of this disorder, we studied cerebral tissue from six patients with the CACH syndrome. Evaluation of toluidine blue-stained, semithin sections of white matter from CACH patients...
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