Progressive myoclonus epilepsy of Unverricht-Lundborg type: A clinical and molecular genetic study of a family from the United States with four affected sibs

Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1993, Pages 2384-2386

  Lehesjoki, A E ^a,d   Eldridge, R ^b   Eldridge, J ^b   Wilder, B J ^c   De La Chapelle, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d College of Medicine ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL GENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027430115     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.43.11.2384     Document Type: Article

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