Association of late onset spastic paraparesis and dementia: Probably an autosomal dominant form of complicated paraplegia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Lizcano Gil, Luis Arturo ^a,d,e   García Cruz, Diana ^b   Bernal Beltrán, María Del Pilar ^c   Hernández, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d División de Investigación Biomédica   (Colombia)

^e Instituto de Genética Servicios Médicos Yunis Turbay y Cia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

autosomal dominant; complicated paraplegia; dementia; hereditary; spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DEMENTIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0031012040     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970110)68:1<1::AID-AJMG1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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