Co-occurrence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A in a patient with a novel mutation in the mitofusin-2 gene

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-131

  Marchesi, Chiara ^a   Ciano, Claudia ^a   Salsano, Ettore ^a   Nanetti, Lorenzo ^a   Milani, Micaela ^a   Gellera, Cinzia ^a   Taroni, Franco ^a   Fabrizi, Gian Maria ^b   Uncini, Antonino ^c   Pareyson, Davide ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Charcot Marie Tooth neuropathy; CMT2A; Mitofusin 2; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

MITOFUSIN 2;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISEASE TYPE 2; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 78751575388     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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