Painful brachial plexopathies in SEPT9 mutations: Adverse outcome related to comorbid states

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-384

  Hoque, Romy ^a   Schwendimann, Robert N ^a   Kelley, Roger E ^a   Bien Willner, Ricardo ^b   Sivakumar, Kumaraswamy ^b  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy; Painful brachial plexopathy; SEPT9 mutation; Septin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SEPT9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 50349099994     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0b013e318166ee89     Document Type: Article

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