Benign monomelic amyotrophies of upper and lower limb are not associated to deletions of survival motor neuron gene

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 111-113

  Di Guglielmo, G ^a   Brahe, C ^b   Di Muzio, A ^a   Uncini, A ^a  

^a Ctr for Neuromuscular Dis U   (Italy)

^b Inst of Genet Catholic Univ of R   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monomelic amyotrophy; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030587596     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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