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Sporadic adult-onset leucodystrophy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia with no mutations in the known targeted genes.
Histopathology - 1 Jan 2016
Fernández-Vega Ivan, Pérez de Heredia-Goñi Katti, Santos-Juanes Jorge, Goñi Imizcoz Miguel, Zaldumbide Laura, Zarranz Juan Jose, Ferrer Isidro
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AIMS: Adult-onset orthochromatic leucodystrophy, associated with pigmented macrophages and hereditary diffuse leucoencephalopathy with spheroids, are two disorders with similar clinical manifestations, radiological characteristics and neuropathological findings. Mutations in the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) gene are the hallmark of this spectrum of disease. Furthermore, polycystic membranous...
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