Molecular and clinical studies in SCA-7 define a broad clinical spectrum and the infantile phenotype

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1081-1086

  Benton, C S ^a   De Silva, R ^e   Rutledge, S L ^b   Bohlega, S ^c   Ashizawa, T ^d   Zoghbi, H Y ^a,d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031714729     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.1081     Document Type: Article

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