Familial Madras motor neuron disease (FMMND): Study of 15 families from southern India

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 140-146

  Nalini, A ^a   Yamini, B K ^a   Gayatri, N ^a   Thennarasu, K ^a   Gope, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Familial Madras motor neuron disease; Southern India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INHERITANCE; MADRAS MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750511081     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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