Childhood onset of Friedreich ataxia: A clinical and genetic study of 36 cases

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-7

  De Michele, G ^a   Di Maio, L ^a   Filla, A ^a   Majello, M ^a   Cocozza, S ^a   Cavalcanti, F ^b   Mirante, E ^a   Campanella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Sanatrix Neurological Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childhood onset; Friedreich ataxia; Linkage analysis; Spinocerebellar degeneration

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GAIT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; STANDING;

EID: 0029874333     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973740     Document Type: Article

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