An adult case of probable Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome, presenting resting tremor

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 702-706

  Soejima, Naoko ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kikuchi, Hitoshi ^a   Murai, Hiroyuki ^a   Shigeto, Hiroshi ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abetalipoproteinemia; Bassen Kornzweig syndrome; Hypobetalipoproteinemia; Resting tremor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CLONAZEPAM; RETINOL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA; ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NIGHT BLINDNESS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847787979     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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