Brachial amyotrophic diplegia associated with a novel SOD1 mutation (L106P)

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1477-1478

  Valentino, P ^a   Conforti, F L ^b   Pirritano, D ^a   Nistico R ^a   Mazzei, R ^b   Patitucci, A ^b   Sprovieri, T ^b   Gabriele, A L ^b   Muglia, M ^b   Clodomiro, A ^a   Gambardella, A ^a   Zappia, M ^b   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL AMYOTROPHIC DIPLEGIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY EVALUATION;

EID: 20244365175     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000158679.47281.03     Document Type: Article

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