Clinical and genetic analysis of a distinct autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1423-1426

  Grewal, R P ^a,c   Tayag, E ^a   Figueroa, K P ^b   Zu, L ^b   Durazo, A ^d   Nunez, C ^a   Pulst, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 16; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSARTHRIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031772978     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1423     Document Type: Article

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