Weakness and Progressive Muscle Tightness Diagnosed as Kennedy Disease
Kennedy disease is a rare X-linked neurodegenerative disorder that affects patients in 30-50 years of age. It is caused by CAG-repeat in androgen receptor gen. There is no known effective treatment for Kennedy disease. We report a 60-year-old man who had fasciculations and proximal and distal muscle...
Main Authors: | Behdad Behnam, Mehran Arab Ahmadi, Farzad Ashrafi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2015-10-01
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Series: | International Clinical Neuroscience Journal |
Online Access: | http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/Neuroscience/article/download/11671/9335 |
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