Visualisation of treatment response in a case of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2011 Jun;82(6):703-4. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.196444. Epub 2010 Jul 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anisotropy
  • Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Aspartic Acid / metabolism
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology
  • Chenodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Male
  • Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques / methods
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / drug therapy*
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / metabolism
  • Xanthomatosis, Cerebrotendinous / pathology

Substances

  • Gastrointestinal Agents
  • Chenodeoxycholic Acid
  • Aspartic Acid
  • N-acetylaspartate