Features of the blink reflex in individuals at risk for Huntington's disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1520-1525

  De Tommaso, Marina ^a   Sciruicchio, Vittorio ^a   Spinelli, Antonella ^a   Specchio, Nicola ^a   Difruscolo, Olimpia ^a   Puca, Francomichele ^a   Specchio, Luigi Maria ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; CAG expansion; Huntington's disease; Individuals at risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0034778936     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1177     Document Type: Article

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