Familial congenital mirror movements: Report of a large 4-generation family

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 729-731

  Srour, M ^a   Philibert, M ^a,b   Dion, M H ^a   Duquette, A ^a   Richer, F ^a,b,c   Rouleau, G A ^a,c   Chouinard, S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MIRROR MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEOTAPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; QUEBEC; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 70349305732     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b59bda     Document Type: Article

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