Possible anticipation in hereditary spastic paraplegia type 4 (SPG4)

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-210

  Reddy, P Leema ^a   Seltzer, William K ^b   Grewal, Raji P ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ATHENA DIAGNOSTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPASTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA TYPE 4; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPG4 GENE;

EID: 34347231894     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100006053     Document Type: Article

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