Spinal muscular atrophy: A delayed development hypothesis

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 657-661

  Hausmanowa Petrusewicz, Irena ^a   Vrbová, Gerta ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motoneuron development; SMN protein; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; GENE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SMN GENE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL;

EID: 20044383783     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200505120-00001     Document Type: Review

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