Infantile Alexander disease: A rare leukodystrophy | Zendy

KJagadish Kumar | Zendy; Harish Kumar Suryaprakash | Zendy; VG Manjunath | Zendy; Harsha Sundaramurthy | Zendy

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Infantile Alexander disease: A rare leukodystrophy

Author(s) -

KJagadish Kumar,

Harish Kumar Suryaprakash,

VG Manjunath,

Harsha Sundaramurthy

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of pediatric neurosciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 1998-3948

pISSN - 1817-1745

DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.102573

Subject(s) - macrocephaly , leukodystrophy , medicine , krabbe disease , magnetic resonance imaging , disease , pediatrics , pathology , radiology

Infantile Alexander disease (AD) is a rare leukodystrophy characterized by its early onset within 2 years of life and clinically presents with macrocephaly, seizures, and retarded psychomotor development. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows characteristic symmetric white matter abnormalities with frontal predominance. We present a case of infantile AD with typical clinical characteristics and MRI features.

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