Motor system abnormalities in hereditary spastic paraparesis type 4 (SPG4) depend on the type of mutation in the spastin gene

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1109-1112

  Bonsch D ^a   Schwindt, A ^a,b   Navratil, P ^a,b   Palm, D ^b   Neumann, C ^a   Klimpe, S ^a,c   Schickel, J ^a   Hazan, J ^d   Weiller, C ^e   Deufel, T ^a   Liepert, J ^e  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; SPASTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 2; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; REFSUM DISEASE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY;

EID: 0042205087     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1109     Document Type: Article

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