Late-onset tay-Sachs disease presenting as a childhood stutter

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-95

  Shapiro, B E ^a,c   Natowicz, M R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE A;

ADULT; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; STUTTERING; TAY SACHS DISEASE; TONGUE; TREMOR; WEAKNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUTTERING; TAY-SACHS DISEASE;

EID: 58249091635     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.147645     Document Type: Letter

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