Late-onset globoid cell leukodystrophy. Report on seven new patients.
During the past 12 years, ten cases of globoidcell leukodystrophy (GLD) have been followed up: seven of these patients were affected by the late infantile form. The authors point out the clinical aspects and the course of these patients and stress the high frequency of this form of GLD in Sicily.
Fiumara
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Clinica Pediatrica I, Università di Catania, Italy.
Pavone
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L
Siciliano
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L
Tinè
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A
Parano
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E
Innico
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G
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007965:Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male