Frequency analysis of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias in Japanese patients and clinical characterization of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-19

  Watanabe, Hidetaka ^a   Tanaka, Fumiaki ^a   Matsumoto, Michiyo ^a   Doyu, Manabu ^a   Ando, Tetsuo ^b   Mitsuma, Terunori ^c   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type 3; Clinical phenotypes; DRPLA; Frequency analysis; MJD; SCA1; SCA2; SCA6

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DYSARTHRIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; TREMOR;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0031929063     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1998.531530104.x     Document Type: Article

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