Familial dementia due to a frameshift mutation in the caeruloplasmin gene

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 355-359

  Harris, Z L ^a   Migas, M C ^a   Hughes, A E ^b   Logan, J I ^c   Gitlin, J D ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030014701     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.5.355     Document Type: Article

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