Heterozygous Niemann-Pick disease type C presenting with tremor

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2189-2190

  Josephs, Keith A ^a   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^a   Lindor, Noralane M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

EID: 10444286965     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145710.25588.2F     Document Type: Article

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