Reporting a new mutation at the SLC20A2 gene in familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Lemos, R R ^a   Oliveira, M F ^b   Oliveira, J R M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Ataxia and gait disorders; Depression; Parkinson's disease; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; DYSARTHRIA; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARESIS; PARKINSONISM; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLC20A2 GENE; SPEECH DISORDER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAZIL; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PEDIGREE; SODIUM-PHOSPHATE COTRANSPORTER PROTEINS, TYPE III;

EID: 84873921427     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12044     Document Type: Letter

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