Neuropathological and molecular studies of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6)

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Sasaki, Hidenao ^a   Kojima, Hideaki ^b   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a   Hamada, Takeshi ^c   Sawa, Hirofumi ^a   Hiraga, Hiroaki ^a   Nagashima, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Hokuyukai Neurology Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominantly inherited ataxia; Late onset pure cerebellar ataxia; Purkinje cell degeneration; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 19P; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; PURKINJE CELLS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031883338     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050787     Document Type: Article

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