Intrafamilial variability in fragile x-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-102

  Peters, Nils ^a   Kamm, Christoph ^b   Asmus, Friedrich ^b   Holinski Feder, Elke ^c   Kraft, Eduard ^d   Dichgans, Martin ^a   Brüning, Roland ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^b   Bötzel, Kai ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care   (Armenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Fragile x; FXTAS; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tremor ataxia syndrome

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33244462169     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20673     Document Type: Article

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