Co-dominant inheritance of hyperekplexia and spastic paraparesis

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 739-743

  Baxter, P ^a   Connolly, S ^a   Curtis, A ^a   Spencer, V ^a   Ravindranath, C ^a   Burn, J ^a   Gardner Medwin, D ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0029898185     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12144.x     Document Type: Article

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