Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 474-479

  Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^a   Richter, Andrea ^b   Mathieu, Jean ^c   Brunet, Denis ^a   Hudson, Thomas J ^d,e   Morgan, Kenneth ^e   Melançon, Serge B ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Sagamie   (Canada)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charlevoix Saguenay; Classification; Electrodiagnosis; Gene localization; Hereditary spastic ataxia

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CANADA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT SURVEY; SLURRED SPEECH; SPASTICITY;

EID: 0032190911     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(98)00055-8     Document Type: Article

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