Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome presenting in a woman after chemotherapy

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-332

  O'Dwyer, J P ^a   Clabby, C ^b   Crown, J ^a   Barton, D E ^b   Hutchinson, M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DNA; DOCETAXEL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; TRASTUZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FRAGILE X ASSOCIATED TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 85026143883     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000168865.36352.53     Document Type: Article

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