Brainstem phenotype of cathepsin A-related arteriopathy with strokes and leukoencephalopathy.

Neurol Genet

Dementia Research Centre (Y.T.H., J.D.W.), Department of Neurodegenerative Disease (A.G.B.T.), Department of Molecular Neuroscience (D.S.L., H.H.), UCL Institute of Neurology, and UCL Ear Institute (D.-E.B.), University College London; Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology (R.L., I.D.) and Department

Published: August 2017


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