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A phenotypic-genetic study of a group of Polish patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases - 1 Jun 2006
Tomik Barbara, Partyka Dorota, Sułek Anna, Kurek-Gryz Elzbieta A, Banach Marta, Ostrowska Monika, Zaremba Jacek, Figlewicz Denise A, Szczudlik Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
We studied phenotype-genotype correlation in a group of Polish males with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) and in female carriers. Eleven males with suspected SBMA phenotype and three suspected female carriers were examined. Male patients presented with the predominant signs of progressive, symmetrical distal limb weakness with amyotrophy, facial muscular weakness with orofacial fasciculations, nasal...
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