Genetically confirmed Huntington's disease masquerading as motor neuron disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 748-751

  Kanai, Kazuaki ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a   Sawai, Setsu ^a   Nakata, Miho ^a   Misawa, Sonoko ^a   Isose, Sagiri ^a   Hirano, Shigeki ^a   Kawaguchi, Naoki ^a   Katayama, Kaoru ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARITA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Asymmetric atrophy; Huntington's disease; Motor neuron disease; Polyglutamine disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; GUANOSINE; HUNTINGTIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; HD PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPERREFLEXIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; TONGUE DISEASE; ARM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; ARM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 44449132557     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21937     Document Type: Article

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