Natural History in Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Clinical Analysis of 445 Patients and Suggestions for a Modification of Existing Classifications

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 518-523

  Zerres, Klaus ^a   Schöneborn, Sabine Rudnik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028904953     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1995.00540290108025     Document Type: Article

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