Late-onset lower motor neuronopathy: A new autosomal dominant disorder

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Jokela, M ^a   Penttila S ^b   Huovinen, S ^c   Hackman, P ^d   Saukkonen, A M ^e   Toivanen, J ^e   Udd, B ^b,f,g  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS;

EID: 80051514750     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182267b71     Document Type: Article

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