Genetic heterogeneity in ten families with myoclonus-dystonia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1181-1185

  Schule B ^a,b   Kock, N ^a,c   Svetel, M ^d   Dragasevic, N ^d   Hedrich, K ^a   De Carvalho Aguiar, P ^e   Liu, L ^e   Kabakci, K ^a   Garrels, J ^a   Meyer, E M ^a   Berisavac, I ^d   Schwinger, E ^a   Kramer, P L ^f   Ozelius, L J ^e   Klein, C ^a   Kostic, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18P; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; EPSILON SARCOGLYCAN GENE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3442887465     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.027177     Document Type: Article

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