Initial symptoms and mode of neurological progression in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6)

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 489-494

  Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a   Yamashita, Isao ^a   Takei, Asako ^b   Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Hamada, Takeshi ^b   Tashiro, Kunio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurological Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Episodic ataxia type 2; Late onset pure cerebellar ataxia; Nystagmus; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6; Vestibular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 19P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031769999     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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