Possible anticipation in BAFME: Three generations examined in a Japanese family [1]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1076-1077

  Ikeda, Akio ^a   Kurihara, Saiko ^b   Shibasaki, Hiroshi ^c,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d TAKEDA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BENIGN ADULT FAMILIAL MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 8; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FAMILY; GENE LOCUS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TREMOR;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 26444470941     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20558     Document Type: Letter

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