Epidemiology of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (Steinert disease) in Belgrade (Serbia)

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 757-760

  Mladenovic, Jelena ^a   Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^b,c   Todorovic, Slobodanka ^a   Rakocevic Stojanovic, Vidosava ^c   Savic, Dusanka ^d   Romac, Stanka ^d   Apostolski, Slobodan ^c  

^a Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Steinert disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33750744093     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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