Phenotypic spectrum of hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy caused by the SEPT9 R88W mutation

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-96

  Ueda, M ^a   Kawamura, N ^a   Tateishi, T ^a   Sakae, N ^a   Motomura, K ^a   Ohyagi, Y ^a   Kira, J I ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEREDITARY NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; JAPANESE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPT9 GENE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449090129     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.168260     Document Type: Article

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