The neurobiology of childhood spinal muscular atrophy

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-110

  Crawford, Thomas O ^a   Pardo, Carlos A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030130574     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.1996.0010     Document Type: Review

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