Hereditary spastic paraparesis with distal muscle wasting, microcephaly, mental retardation, arachnodactyly and tremors: New entity?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-70

  Farah, S ^a   Sabry, M A ^b   Al Shubaili, A F K ^a   Anim, J T ^c   Hussain, J M ^a   Montaser, M A ^a   Sharfuddin, K M ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Amyotrophy; Arachnodactyly; Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Mental retardation; Microcephaly; Tremor; Troyer syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNODACTYLY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICROCEPHALY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PAKISTAN; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SURAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREMOR;

EID: 0030890415     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(96)00596-3     Document Type: Article

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