Central motor and sensory pathway involvement in an X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth family

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 44-47

  Zambelis, Th ^a   Panas, M ^a   Kokotis, P ^a   Karadima, G ^a   Kararizou, E ^a   Karandreas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 52149123527     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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