Toshiyuki Yamamoto
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Mutations in the genes encoding eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B in Japanese patients with vanishing white matter disease.
Journal Formal name:Brain & development
Abbreviation:Brain Dev
ISSN code:(1872-7131)0387-7604(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 37(10),pp.960-6
Author and coauthor Shimada S, Shimojima K, Sangu N, Hoshino A, Hachiya Y, Ohto T, Hashi Y, Nishida K, Mitani M, Kinjo S, Tsurusaki Y, Matsumoto N, Morimoto M, Yamamoto T
Publication date 2015/11
Summary All patients showed white matter abnormalities with various degrees. One patient showed manifestations of end-stage VWM disease. Some patients showed late onset and slow progression associated with brain magnetic resonance imaging displaying T2 high intensity only in the deep white matter. There was clinical heterogeneity among patients with VWM.
DOI 10.1016/j.braindev.2015.03.003
PMID 25843247