Isolated bilateral masseter atrophy in X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 539-540

  Suzuki, T ^a   Endo, K ^a   Igarashi, S ^b   Fukuda, M ^a   Tanaka, M ^a  

^a Natl West Niigata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0031017840     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.2.539     Document Type: Article

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