Abnormal nerve conduction features in fragile X premutation carriers

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-498

  Soontarapornchai, Kultida ^a   Maselli, Ricardo ^b   Fenton Farrell, Grace ^a   Tassone, Flora ^c   Hagerman, Paul J ^a,c   Hessl, Davis ^a,c   Hagerman, Randi J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREMOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 42249108884     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.4.495     Document Type: Article

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