Molecular pathogenesis, experimental therapy and genetic counseling in hereditary sensory neuropathies

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-143

  Mroczek, Magdalena ^a   Kabzińska, Dagmara ^a   Kochański, Andrzej ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies; HSAN; HSN; Molecular pathology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMAN; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEURONS; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 84937721723     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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