Troyer syndrome: A combination of central brain abnormality and motor neuron disease?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 556-561

  Auer Grumbach, Michaela ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a   Radner, Herbert ^a   Irmler, Andreas ^a   Strasser Fuchs, Siegrid ^a   Hartung, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Motor neuron disease; Thin corpus callosum; Troyer syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENERVATION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT STATURE; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOM; TROYER SYNDROME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032810391     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050403     Document Type: Article

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