Huntington's disease-like 2 in Brazil - Report of 4 patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2244-2247

  Rodrigues, Guilherme G Riccioppo ^a   Walker, Ruth H ^b,c   Brice, Alexis ^d   Cazeneuve, Cécile ^d   Russaouen, Odile ^d   Teive, Helio A G ^e   Munhoz, Renato Puppi ^e   Becker, Nilson ^e   Raskin, Salmo ^e   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^e   Marques Jr , Wilson ^a   Tumas, Vitor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Huntington's disease; Huntington's disease like; Junctophilin 3

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; JUNCTOPHILIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE 2; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 58849087366     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22223     Document Type: Article

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