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Pearls & Oy-sters: HyperCKemia with limb-girdle weakness

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, Kennedy disease) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of male patients with significant elevation of creatine kinase (CK), limb-girdle weakness, and hyporeflexia/areflexia.

Source: Neurology

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001071

Authors: Partha S. Ghosh, Rajat Lahoria, Margherita Milone, Eric J. Sorenson

Institutions: Boston Children's Hospital, Mayo Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2064376564

FWCI: 0.152

Cites: 10

Cited by: 2

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