Ataxia-Telangiectasia in Iran: Clinical and Laboratory Features of 104 Patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-28

  Moin, Mostafa ^a   Aghamohammadi, Asghar ^a   Kouhi, Ali ^b   Tavassoli, Sanaz ^c   Rezaei, Nima ^a   Ghaffari, Saeed Reza ^d   Gharagozlou, Mohammad ^a   Movahedi, Masoud ^a   Purpak, Zahra ^a   MirSaeid Ghazi, Bahram ^a   Mahmoudi, Maryam ^a   Farhoudi, Abolhasan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; IRAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REGISTER; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34447103585     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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