Arthrogryposis due to infantile neuronal degeneration associated with deletion of the SMN(T) gene

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 848-851

  Bingham, P M ^a   Shen, N ^a   Rennert, H ^b   Rorke, L B ^a   Black, A W ^c   Marin Padilla, M ^c   Nordgren, R E ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0030870721     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.3.848     Document Type: Article

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