Friedreich's ataxia, with retained lower limb tendon reflexes, in a Saudi Arabian family

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-11

  Scrimgeour, E M ^a   Krishna, A G ^a   Gasim, A ^a   Zawawi, T H ^a   Johnston, W J ^a   Barron, L ^b   Brock, D J H ^b  

^a KING KHALID HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome 9; Friedreich's ataxia; Recessive inheritance; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 0030049176     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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