Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in an Italian family with spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 244-252

  Mascalchi, Mario ^a   Tosetti, Michela ^b   Plasmati, Rosaria ^c   Bianchi, Maria Cristina ^d   Tessa, Carlo ^a   Salvi, Fabrizio ^c   Frontali, Marina ^e   Valzania, Franco ^c   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CREATINE; DNA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INOSITOL; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE; PONS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031935881     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430215     Document Type: Article

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