Atrofia muscular bulbo espinhal recessiva ligada ao cromossomo X (doença de Kennedy): Estudo de uma Família;X-linked recessive bulbospinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy's disease): Study of a family

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 3 B, 1998, Pages 639-645

  Kaimen Maciel, Damacio Ramón ^a,b,e   Medeiros, Milton ^a,c   Clímaco, Valter ^a,c   Kelian, Giorge Ribeiro ^a,c   Da Silva, Luis Sidonio Teixeira ^a,b   De Souza, Mônica Marcos ^a,b   Raskin, Salmo ^a,d  

^a Disciplina Neurol do Depto C   (Brazil)

^b Campus Universitário Monte Alegre   (Brazil)

^c Servico de Neurologia   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; Kennedy's disease; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RECESSIVE GENE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; X CHROMOSOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0032150563     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000400019     Document Type: Article

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