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This is the first pathologic report of an infant at 37 weeks' gestation with Alexander's disease. The findings demonstrate that the disease can arisein utero and be extensive at birth before myelination begins.
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Townsend, J.J., Wilson, J.F., Harris, T. et al. Alexander's disease. Acta Neuropathol 67, 163–166 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688138
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688138