Autosomal dominant palatal myoclonus and spinal cord atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-76

  Okamoto, Yuji ^a   Mitsuyama, Hideo ^a   Jonosono, Manabu ^a   Hirata, Keiko ^a   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakagawa, Masanori ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult onset Alexander disease; Autosomal dominant palatal myoclonus; Cerebellar ataxia; GFAP; Spastic paraparesis; Spinal cord atrophy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYOCLONUS; PALATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 0037086886     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00687-6     Document Type: Article

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