A family study on primary blepharospasm

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-254

  Defazio, G ^a   Martino, D ^a   Aniello, M S ^a   Masi, G ^a   Abbruzzese, G ^b   Lamberti, S ^a   Valente, E M ^c   Brancati, F ^c   Livrea, P ^a   Berardelli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLEPHAROSPASM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DYSTONIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHAROSPASM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DYSTONIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 32444436509     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.068007     Document Type: Article

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