EARLY INFANTILE FORM OF KRABBE DISEASE WITH OPTIC HYPERTROPHY - SERIAL MR EXAMINATIONS AND AUTOPSY CORRELATION

Authors
HITTMAIR K WIMBERGER D WIESBAUER P ZEHETMAYER M BUDKA H
Citation
K. Hittmair et al., EARLY INFANTILE FORM OF KRABBE DISEASE WITH OPTIC HYPERTROPHY - SERIAL MR EXAMINATIONS AND AUTOPSY CORRELATION, American journal of neuroradiology, 15(8), 1994, pp. 1454-1458
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
15
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1454 - 1458
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1994)15:8<1454:EIFOKD>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The development of white matter lesions in a case of autopsy-proved ea rly infantile form of Krabbe disease was monitored by serial MR examin ations. Hypertrophy of the optic nerves was present late in the course of the patient's disease and is a remarkable feature in this case.