Chinese patients with Machado-Joseph disease presenting with complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 953-956

  Gan, S R ^a   Zhao, K ^a   Wu, Z Y ^a   Wang, N ^a   Murong, S X ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia; Machado Joseph disease; Misdiagnosis; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOTAXIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATXN3 GENE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPG3A GENE; SPG4 GENE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE DOSAGE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIGREE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651250511     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02639.x     Document Type: Article

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