[A familial case of Kennedy's X-linked bulbospinal amyotrophy].

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[A familial case of Kennedy's X-linked bulbospinal amyotrophy].

Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 1 Jan 1993

Muradian G T, Tunian Iu S, Khachunts A S, Samvelian K G

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The authors describe 4 cases of Kennedy's medullo-spinal amyotrophy (BSA) which is a genetically determined disease with mutant gene inheritance by the recessive type with X chromosome cohesion. The disease largely shows up by the impairment of the nervous system in the form of BSA. However, the...

Topics

Aged
Dupuytren Contracture
Female
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Linkage
Gynecomastia
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
Mutation
Pedigree
Syndrome
X Chromosome

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