Prospective study of muscle cramps in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 485-488

  Johnson, Nicholas E ^a   Sowden, Janet ^a   Dilek, Nuran ^a   Eichinger, Katy ^a   Burns, Joshua ^b   Mcdermott, Michael P ^a   Shy, Michael E ^c   Herrmann, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; CMT symptoms; Longitudinal survey; Muscle cramps; Quality of life; Rare Disease Clinical Research Network; RDCRN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; JAW MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925351141     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24333     Document Type: Article

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