A family with early-onset and rapidly progressive X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1458-1460

  Echaniz Laguna, A ^a,b   Rousso, E ^a   Anheim, M ^a   Cossee M ^c   Tranchant, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KENNEDY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 17644427375     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000158617.41819.F3     Document Type: Article

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