The man who could not walk backward: An unusual presentation of neuroferritinopathy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 362-364

  Cassidy, Adam J ^a,b   Williams, Elizabeth R ^a   Goldsmith, Paul ^b   Baker, Stuart N ^a   Baker, Mark R ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROFERRITINOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREMOR; UNSTEADINESS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHIES; WALKING;

EID: 79952657414     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23415     Document Type: Letter

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