Leber hereditary optic neuropathy with chorea and dementia resembling Huntington disease

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2451-2452

  Morimoto, N ^a   Nagano, I ^a   Deguchi, K ^a   Murakami, T ^a   Fushimi, S ^a   Shoji, M ^a   Abe, K ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; HALOPERIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 11144275225     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000147321.38129.ED     Document Type: Article

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