Early clinical and electrophysiologic features of the two most common autosomal recessive forms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in the Roma (Gypsies)

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-25

  Guergueltcheva, Velina ^a,c,d   Tournev, Ivailo ^a,c   Bojinova, Veneta ^a   Hantke, Janina ^b   Litvinenko, Ivan ^a   Ishpekova, Boryana ^a   Shmarov, Alexander ^a   Petrova, Julia ^a   Jordanova, Albena ^a   Kalaydjieva, Luba ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Ethnic Minorities Health Problems Foundation   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BULGARIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENETIC SCREENING; GIPSY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BULGARIA; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646858561     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738060210010401     Document Type: Article

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