Coincidence of Huntington disease and epilepsy;Koinzidenz von Chorea Huntington und Epilepsie

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Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-273

  Bengel, D ^a   Supprian, T ^a   Lesch, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anticipation; cerebellar atrophy; epilepsy; Huntington disease; trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0030892907     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050123     Document Type: Article

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