Huntington's disease presenting as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-407

  Phukan, Julie ^a,b   Elfatih, E ^a   Pender, Niall P ^c   Molloy, Fiona ^a   Hennessy, Michael ^d   Walsh, Ronan J ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Departments of Psychology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Huntington's disease; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 77953749974     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903055958     Document Type: Article

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