
NEURORADIOLOGICAL, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL AND
MOLECULAR FINDINGS IN INFANTILE KRABBE DISEASE:
TWO CASE REPORTS Vargiami E, Papathanasiou E, Batzios S, Kyriazi M, Dimitriou E,
Anastasiou A, Michelakakis H, Giese A-K, Zafeiriou DI, *Corresponding Author: Dimitrios I. Zafeiriou, M.D., Ph.D., Professor in Child Neurology and Developmental
Pediatrics, 1st Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Egnatia St. 106, 54622 Thessaloniki,
Greece. Tel./Fax: +30-2310-241-845. Mobile: +30-6944-330-587. E-mail: jeff@med.auth.gr page: 85
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