Neuropsychological profile of adult patients with Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) mutations

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-67

  Klarner, B ^a   Klünemann, Hans H ^b   Lurding R ^b   Aslanidis, C ^b   Rupprecht, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; NIEMANN PICK C1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN NPC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAGING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CARRIER PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846407579     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-006-0417-6     Document Type: Article

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