title: Clinical, radiological and genetic aspects of leukodystrophies.
abstract: The authors summarize the pathomechanism of the myelination process, the clinical, radiological and the genetical aspects of the leukodystrophies, as in 18q deletion syndrome, adrenoleukodysrtophy, metachromatic leukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher leukodystrophy, Alexander disease and olivo-ponto-cerebellar atrophy (OPCA).
authors.affiliation: University of Szeged, A. Szent-Györgyi Medical Centre, Department of Pediatrics, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: László
authors.forename: On
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Elpeleg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kóbor
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barsi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelemen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saracz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Svékus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tegzes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vörös
mesh_terms: D000326:Adrenoleukodystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D038261:Alexander Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D017825:Canavan Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007966:Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020371:Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D011859:Radiography; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon