Ramsay hunt syndrome: Clinical characterization of progressive myoclonus ataxia caused by GOSR2 mutation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-143

  van Egmond, Martje E ^a   Verschuuren Bemelmans, Corien C ^a   Nibbeling, Esther A ^a   Elting, Jan Willem J ^a   Sival, Deborah A ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   de Vries, Jeroen J ^a   Kremer, Hubertus P ^a   Sinke, Richard J ^a   Tijssen, Marina A ^a   de Koning, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ataxia; GOSR2 mutation; Myoclonus; Progressive myoclonus ataxia; Ramsay Hunt

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GOSR2 GENE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ATAXIA; GOSR2 MUTATION; MYOCLONUS; PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONUS ATAXIA; RAMSAY HUNT;

ADULT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA; MYOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; QB-SNARE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892926645     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25704     Document Type: Article

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