Novel genetic findings in an extended family pedigree with sleepwalking

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-52

  Licis, A K ^a   Desruisseau, D M ^a   Yamada, K A ^a   Duntley, S P ^a   Gurnett, C A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13Q; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WALKING;

EID: 78751623841     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318203e964     Document Type: Article

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