Stiff child syndrome with mutation of DYT1 gene

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1465-1466

  Wong, Virginia C N ^a   Lam, Ching Wan ^b   Fung, Cheuk Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINESE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSTONIA; DYT1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

EID: 27644541397     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183153.82651.72     Document Type: Article

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