Sweat gland vacuoles in unverricht–lundborg disease: A clue to diagnosis?

Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 2372-2375

  Cochius, J ^a,b   Carpenter, S ^a   Andermann, E ^a,c   Rouleau, G ^b,c   Nousiainen, U ^d   Kalviainen, R ^d   Farrell, K ^e   Andermann, F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CONSANGUINITY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SKIN; SWEAT GLANDS; VACUOLES;

EID: 0028027686     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.44.12.2372     Document Type: Article

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