Benign hereditary chorea: Clinical, neuroimaging, and genetic findings

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1231-1234

  Mahajnah, Muhammad ^a,b   Inbar, Dov ^a   Steinmetz, Adam ^a   Heutink, Peter ^c,d   Breedveld, G J ^e   Straussberg, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chorea; Genetic; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; THYROID NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN HEREDITARY CHOREA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38149058226     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807306261     Document Type: Article

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