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Nasu-Hakola disease (polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy--PLOSL): a dementia associated with bone cystic lesions. From clinical to genetic and molecular aspects.
Cellular and molecular neurobiology - 1 Feb 2004
Bianchin Marino Muxfeldt, Capella Heraldo M, Chaves Daniel Loureiro, Steindel Mário, Grisard Edmundo C, Ganev Gerson Gandi, da Silva Júnior João Péricles, Neto Evaldo Schaeffer, Poffo Mônica Aparecida, Walz Roger, Carlotti Júnior Carlos G, Sakamoto Américo C
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The authors review the clinical, radiological, electrophysiological, pathological, and molecular aspects of Nasu-Hakola disease (polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy or PLOSL). Nasu-Hakola disease is a unique disease characterized by multiple bone cysts associated with a peculiar form of neurodegeneration that leads to dementia and precocious death usually during the fifth...
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