Brain imaging in Kufs disease type B: case reports
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Brain imaging in Kufs disease type B: case reports
BACKGROUND The clinical traits of Kufs disease (KD) type B (CLN13), an adult-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), are well established according to the neurological features of the cases reported with mutations in CTSF. The neuroradiological characteristics of this uncommon disease have not yet been outlined. CASE PRESENTATION We hereby report the brain MRI features in two Caucasian wo...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Neurology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0357-6