A case of rare recessive oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) coexisting with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP)

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-528

  Marsh, Eleanor A ^a   Robinson, David O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; HNPP; Inherited neuropathy; Ptosis; Recessive OPMD; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 14Q; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NEUROPATHY WITH LIABILITY TO PRESSURE PALSIES; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PTOSIS; RARE DISEASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOPSY; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, OCULOPHARYNGEAL; RARE DISEASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 43049156433     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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