Cranial CT in a case of Sjögren-Larsson syndrome (SLS) showed a striking loss of attenuation of supratentorial white matter. This is in accordance with the myelin loss found at microscopic brain examination of patients with SLS, but not with the only report of five patients examined by cranial CT. T
Cranial CT in the Sjögren-Larsson syndrome
✍ Scribed by F. P. Probst; S. Jagell; J. Heijbel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 538 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-3940
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