Clinical and genetic evaluation of a family with a mixed dystonia phenotype from South Tyrol

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-398

  Klein, Christine ^a,b   Pramstaller, Peter P ^c   Castellan, Claudio C ^c   Breakefield, Xandra O ^a,b   Kramer, Patricia L ^d   Ozelius, Laurie J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ITALY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031714370     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440318     Document Type: Article

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