Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy in a Turkish family

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-612

  Yiş, Uluç ^a   Dirik, Eray ^b   Gündoǧdu Eken, Asli ^c   Başak, A Nazli ^c  

^a Gaziantep Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Child; Myoclonic epilepsy; Progressive ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ATROPINE; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; TURKEY;

EID: 76649104725     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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