C9orf72 expansion as a possible genetic cause of Huntington disease phenocopy syndrome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1917-1921

  Kostić, Vladimir S ^a   Dobričić, Valerija ^a   Stanković, Iva ^a   Ralić, Vesna ^a   Stefanova, Elka ^a  

^a Institute of Neurology Clinical Centre of Serbia   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

C9orf72; Huntington s disease; Phenocopy syndrome

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN; C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAG REPEAT; CHOREA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DYSKINESIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; INCREASED APPETITE; KLEPTOMANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; AGED; CASE REPORT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914693305     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7430-8     Document Type: Article

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