Benign hereditary chorea revisited: A journey to understanding

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2297-2305

  Kleiner Fisman, Galit ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign hereditary chorea (BHC); Brain thyroid lung syndrome; Review; TITF 1

Indexed keywords

THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOREA; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LUNG DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOREA; COGNITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38549114502     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21644     Document Type: Review

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