Age of onset, sex, and cardiomyopathy as predictors of disability and survival in Friedreich's disease: A retrospective study on 119 patients

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1260-1264

  De Michele, G ^a   Perrone, F ^a,b   Filla, A ^a   Mirante, E ^a   Giordano, M ^c   De Placido, S ^a,b   Campanella, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Mediterranean Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029961968     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.5.1260     Document Type: Article

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