A clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and survival motor neuron gene deletion study of Hirayama disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 120-123

  Misra, U K ^a   Kalita, J ^a   Mishra, V N ^a   Kesari, A ^a   Mittal, B ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOCLONUS; MYOTOME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PARESIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURAL NERVE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULNAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 12144249791     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.1.120     Document Type: Article

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