Further evidence of genetic heterogeneity in autosomal dominant distal motor neuronopathy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 705-710

  Passamonti, Luca ^a   Muglia, Maria ^b   Magariello, Angela ^b   Bellesi, Michele ^a   Conforti, Francesca Luisa ^b   Mazzei, Rosalucia ^b   Patitucci, Alessandra ^b   Gabriele, Anna Lia ^b   Sprovieri, Teresa ^b   Peluso, Giuseppina ^b   Caracciolo, Manuela ^b   Medici, Emanuele ^a   Logullo, Francesco ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^b,c  

^a Ospedale Regionale Torrette   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal hereditary motor neuronopathy; Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Linkage analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 7P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 5144221337     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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