Phenotypic variability in Kennedy's disease: Implication of the early diagnostic features

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-63

  Lee, Jae Hyeok ^a   Shin, Jin Hong ^a   Park, Kyung Pil ^a   Kim, In Joo ^a   Kim, Cheol Min ^a,b   Lim, Jeong Geun ^c   Choi, Young Chul ^d   Kim, Dae Seong ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early features; Kennedy's disease; Phenotypic variability; Tremor

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOREFLEXIA; KENNEDY DISEASE; KOREA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ONSET AGE; PERIORAL FASCICULATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PARESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SENSATION DISORDERS; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 20444479409     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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