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Neuroradiologic correlates of clinical disability and progression in the X-linked leukodystrophy Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2013
Laukka Jeremy J, Stanley Jeffrey A, Garbern James Y, Trepanier Angela, Hobson Grace, Lafleur Tori, Gow Alexander, Kamholz John
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether quantitative measure of magnetic resonance imaging data from patients with the inherited leukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) correlates with clinical severity or progression. METHODS: In our current work we have analyzed the clinical phenotypes and MRI scans of 51 male patients with PMD and 10 female carriers for whom the PLP1 genotype had been determined. In...
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