Hyperostosis frontalis interna as a novel finding in Unverricht-Lundborg disease

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1077-1078

  Korja, M ^a   Kaasinen, V ^a,b   Lamusuo, S ^c   Marttila, R J ^a   Parkkola, R ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^c Salo Regional Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN B;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BONE REMODELING; CATHEPSINS; CYSTATINS; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG SYNDROME;

EID: 34147109352     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000257831.86636.7f     Document Type: Article

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