Dystonia, autoimmune disease and cerebral white matter abnormalities in a patient with 18p deletion

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 3 A, 2009, Pages 689-691

  Graziadio, Carla ^a   Rosa, Rafael Fabiano Machado ^a,b   Zen, Paulo Ricardo Gazzola ^a,b   Pinto, Louise Lapagesse De Camargo ^a   Barea, Liselotte Menke ^a   Paskulin, Giorgio Adriano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UFCSPA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; FOCAL DYSTONIA; FOOT MALFORMATION; HAND MALFORMATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOPLASIA; KYPHOSIS; LEUKOMALACIA; MICROCEPHALY; NAIL DISEASE; NECK MALFORMATION; NOSE MALFORMATION; OBESITY; PALATE MALFORMATION; PHOTOPHOBIA; PTOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT STATURE; THORAX MALFORMATION; VITILIGO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 69749118946     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000400021     Document Type: Article

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