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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare neurological disorder affecting the myelination of the CNS in children. The disease can be subdivided into three types: the classical type, the connatal type, and the transitional form.
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Valk, J., van der Knaap, M.S. (1989). Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease. In: Magnetic Resonance of Myelin, Myelination, and Myelin Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02568-0_29
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