Pallidal stimulation in siblings with pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration: Four-year follow-up

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-187

  Adamovicová, Miriam ^a   Jech, Robert ^a   Urgošík, Dušan ^b   Špacková, Nataša ^a   Krepelová, Anna ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTOTHENATE KINASE 2; THREONINE; VALINE;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOTHENATE KINASE ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIBLING; SPEECH DISORDER;

CHILD; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PANTOTHENATE KINASE-ASSOCIATED NEURODEGENERATION; SIBLINGS;

EID: 79951473955     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23349     Document Type: Letter

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