Genetic analysis of three patients with an 18p- syndrome and dystonia

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 649-651

  Klein, C ^a,b   Page, C E ^a,b   LeWitt, P ^c   Gordon, M F ^d   De Leon, D ^e   Awaad, Y ^c   Breakefield, X O ^a,b   Brin, M F ^f   Ozelius, Laurie J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18P; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033051829     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.3.649     Document Type: Article

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