Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 and familial spontaneous pneumothorax

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1460-1462

  Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Sasaki, H ^a   Kikuchi, S ^a   Hamada, K ^a   Hamada, T ^a   Tashiro, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030722178     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.5.1460     Document Type: Article

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