Progressive myoclonus epilepsy and mitochondrial myopathy associated with mutations in the tRNA(Ser(UCN)) gene

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 635-640

  Jaksch, Michaela ^a,g   Klopstock, Thomas ^a   Kurlemann, Gerd ^d   Dörner, Marion ^a   Hofmann, Sabine ^a   Kleinle, Stephanie ^e   Hegemann, Stephan ^c   Weissert, Markus ^f   Müller Höcker, Josef ^a   Pongratz, Dieter ^b   Gerbitz, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f Ostschweizer Kinderspital   (Switzerland)

^g Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHIES; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

EID: 15644370475     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440409     Document Type: Article

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