Type 1 ataxia with oculomotor apraxia with aprataxin gene mutations in two American children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 619-620

  Tsao, Chang Y ^a,b   Paulson, George ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRATAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREOATHETOSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24344472210     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738050200071701     Document Type: Article

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