Skin biopsy in Lafora disease: Genotype-phenotype correlations and diagnostic pitfalls

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1611-1614

  Andrade, D M ^a,c   Ackerley, C A ^b   Minett, T S C ^d   Teive, H A G ^e   Bohlega, S ^f   Scherer, S W ^a   Minassian, B A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^f KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CELL TYPE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPM2A GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWEAT GLAND;

EID: 0344738648     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000096017.19978.CB     Document Type: Article

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