Causes of death in Machado-Joseph disease: A case-control study in the Azores (Portugal)

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1341-1344

  Lima, Manuela ^a   Coutinho, Paula ^c   Abade, Augusto ^d   Vasconcelos, João ^b   Mayer, Francine M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Hospital de Ponta Delgada   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0031667467     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.10.1341     Document Type: Article

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