Chorea-acanthocytosis presenting as motor neuron disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-295

  Neutel, Dulce ^a   Miltenberger Miltenyi, Gabriel ^b   Silva, Ines ^b   de Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chorea acanthocytosis; Chorein; Frontal dementia; Motor neuron disease; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSARTHRIA; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855857600     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22269     Document Type: Article

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