A six-year-old girl with a leukodystrophy.

Semin Pediatr Neurol

Division of Pediatric Neurology, William Pilcher Professor of Pediatric Neurology, St. Joseph's Children's Health Center, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85013, USA.

Published: March 2010

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