Neurological complications of Werner's syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1174-1178

  Anderson, Neil E ^b   Haas, Lindsay F ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Peripheral neuropathy; Spinal cord disease; Werner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIES; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0142074759     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0168-3     Document Type: Article

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