Asymmetrical late onset motor neuropathy associated with a novel mutation in the small heat shock protein HSPB1 (HSP27)

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-463

  James, P A ^a   Rankin, J ^b   Talbot, K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 41149089652     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.125179     Document Type: Article

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