Rapsyn mutations in hereditary myasthenia: Distinct early- and late-onset phenotypes

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 826-828

  Burke, G ^d   Cossins, J ^d   Maxwell, S ^d   Owens, G ^d   Vincent, A ^d   Robb, S ^a   Nicolle, M ^b   Hilton Jones, D ^d   Newsom Davis, J ^d   Palace, J ^d   Beeson, D ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPSYN GENE; REVIEW;

EID: 10744220964     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000085865.55513.AE     Document Type: Review

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