Spinal muscular atrophy diagnostic difficulties;Dificuldades diagnósticas na atrofia muscular esphinal

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-149

  De Q C Araújo, Alexandra Prufer ^a,b   Ramos, Vivianne Galante ^a   Cabello, Pedro Hernán ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Univ Fed do Rio de Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnosis; Electromyography; Genetic techniques; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 17444405883     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000100026     Document Type: Article

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