Late-Onset Friedreich's Ataxia: Molecular Genetics, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 803-806

  Klockgether, Thomas ^a   Chamberlain, Susan ^a   Wüllner, Ullrich ^a   Fetter, Michael ^a   Dittmann, Herbert ^a   Petersen, Dirk ^b   Dichgans, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027250194     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1993.00540080014006     Document Type: Article

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