Topical Review: Clinical Aspects of Hereditary Ataxias

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 353-362

  Subramony, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE LOCUS; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0029163068     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389501000503     Document Type: Review

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