Cognitive impairment and reduced life span of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy homozygotes

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 596-601

  Blumen, S C ^a,b   Bouchard, J P ^c   Brais, B ^d   Carasso, R L ^a,b   Paleacu, D ^e,h   Drory, V E ^f,h   Chantal, S ^c   Blumen, N ^g,h   Braverman, I ^a,b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^f Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center   (Israel)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PABPN1 GENE; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; PTOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STOMACH TUBE;

EID: 69449085867     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b388a3     Document Type: Article

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