PRKCG mutation (SCA-14) causing a Ramsay Hunt phenotype

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1024-1026

  Visser, Jasper E ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Van De Warrenburg, Bart P C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Myoclonus; Progressive myoclonic ataxia; Protein kinase C gamma (PRKCG); Ramsay Hunt; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 14 (SCA 14)

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRKCG GENE; PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONIC ATAXIA; RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

EID: 34347239706     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21414     Document Type: Article

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