Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: Genotype and phenotype in German kindreds

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Schöls, Ludger ^a   Krüger, Rejko ^a,b   Amoiridis, Georgios ^a   Przuntek, Horst ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^b   Riess, Olaf ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Genetics; Phenotype; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031960474     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.1.67     Document Type: Article

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