Long-term neuroimaging follow-up on an asymptomatic juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy patient after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: evidence of myelin recovery and ongoing brain maturation

Am J Med Genet A. 2012 Jan;158A(1):257-60. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34389. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Authors

Xiao-Qi Ding¹, Annette Bley, Alfried Kohlschütter, Jens Fiehler, Heinrich Lanfermann

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22140054
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34389

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Diseases
Brain / metabolism*
Child
Child, Preschool
Follow-Up Studies
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
Humans
Infant
Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / diagnosis
Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / genetics
Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / therapy*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Myelin Sheath / metabolism*
Neuroimaging / methods*