Muscle cramp in pediatric Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A: Prevalence and predictors

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2115-2118

  Blyton, Fiona ^a,b   Ryan, Monique M ^c,d   Ouvrier, Robert A ^e   Burns, Joshua ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH DISEASE TYPE 1A; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND TREMOR; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84856159278     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31823d76aa     Document Type: Article

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