Atypical presentations of spinal muscular atrophy type III (Kugelberg-Welander disease)

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 492-494

  Kang, P B ^a   Krishnamoorthy, K S ^b   Jones, R M ^b   Shapiro, F D ^c   Darras, B T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior horn cell; Electromyography; Kugelberg Welander disease; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron

Indexed keywords

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; HUMAN; KUGELBERG WELANDER DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 33748459423     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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