Major and minor form of hereditary hyperekplexia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 826-830

  Tijssen, Marina A J ^a   Vergouwe, Monique N ^b   Van Dijk, J Gert ^b   Rees, Michelle ^c   Frants, Rune R ^b   Brown, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Hyperekplexia; Minor form

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ALPHA1;

ARTICLE; FALLING; FAMILY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PATIENT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE EPILEPSY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0036652637     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10168     Document Type: Article

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