Clinical and electrophysiological features in Chinese patients with Kennedy's disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-312

  Hui, A C F ^a   Cheung, P T ^b   Tang, A S Y ^c   Fu, M ^c   Wong, L ^c   Kay, R ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Genetics; Kennedy's disease; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 3543107252     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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