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Vanishing white matter disease: an Italian case with A638G mutation in exon 5 of EIF2B2 gene, an unusual early onset and a long course.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jul 2013
Sambati Luisa, Agati Raffaele, Bacci Antonella, Bianchi Silvia, Capellari Sabina
Abstract excerpt
We report the clinical description of an Italian patient with c.638A>G mutation in exon 5 of EIF2B2 gene and a very slow progressive Vanishing White Matter disease phenotype. Infact, in relation to her causative mutation, our patient had an unusual early onset and long course. Furthermore, other than standard MRI examination and spectroscopy study, we report DWI and ADC maps and FA maps reconstruction from DTI in...
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