Atypical clinical course of FXTAS: rapidly progressive dementia as the major symptom

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 1864-1866

  Goncalves M R R ^a   Capelli, L P ^a   Nitrini, R ^a   Barbosa, E R ^a   Porto, C S ^a   Lucato, L T ^a   Vianna Morgante, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FRAGILE X ASSOCIATED TREMOR; GAIT DISORDER; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248994548     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000262058.68100.ea     Document Type: Article

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