Expanding phenotype of VRK1 mutations in motor neuron disease

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 69-71

  Nguyen, Thy P ^a   Biliciler, Suur ^a   Wiszniewski, Wojciech ^b   Sheikh, Kazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

All neuromuscular disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anterior nerve cell disease; Motor neuron disease; Neurogenetics

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; NONSPECIFIC ESTERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIA RELATED KINASE 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VRK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84948449439     PISSN: 15220443     EISSN: 15371611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CND.0000000000000096     Document Type: Article

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