Familial aggregation of white matter lesions in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-305

  Di Costanzo, Alfonso ^d   Santoro, Lucio ^a   de Cristofaro, Mario ^b   Manganelli, Fiore ^a   Di Salle, Francesco ^c   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Cross sectional studies; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myotonic dystrophy

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE TISSUE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 42649103290     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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