X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy - Kennedy's syndrome;X-bundet recessiv bulbospinal neuronopati - Kennedys syndrom

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1591-1594

  Andersen, Kjeld V ^a   Michler, Ralf Peter ^a   Nilssen, Øivind ^b   Tranebjærg, Lisbeth ^b   Aasly, Jan ^c  

^a Regionsykehuset i Trondheim   (Norway)

^b Medisinsk Avdeling   (Norway)

^c Nevrologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FASCICULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION;

ADULT; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033617372     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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