Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 with positional vertigo and acetazolamide responsive episodic ataxia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-568

  Jen, Joanna C ^a   Yue, Qing ^a   Karrim, Juliana ^a   Nelson, Stanley F ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Hereditary ataxia; SCA6; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 19P; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031726082     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.4.565     Document Type: Article

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