| Literature DB >> 7908027 |
B Kruse1, F Hanefeld, H J Christen, H Bruhn, T Michaelis, W Hänicke, J Frahm.
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The brain morphology and chemistry of seven children with late infantile (4/7) and juvenile (3/7) forms of metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) were investigated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Patients who were examined at least 6 months after the onset of symptoms (6/7) had severe leukodystrophic changes on MRI. Proton MRS revealed a marked reduction of the neuronal marker N-acetylaspartate in white and grey matter and elevated lactate in demyelinated areas. In contrast to other leukodystrophies MLD patients showed a generalized increase of brain myo-inositol (2- to 3-fold in white matter), indicating a specific role in the pathophysiology of demyelination in MLD.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 7908027 DOI: 10.1007/bf00869766
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol ISSN: 0340-5354 Impact factor: 4.849