Clinical and genetic studies of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 in Japanese kindreds

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 427-432

  Ueyarna, H ^a   Kumamoto, T ^a   Nagao, S ^b   Mita, S ^a   Uchino, M ^b   Tsuda, T ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ataxin 2; Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; MRI; PCR; Polyneuropathy; SCA2

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PONS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0032408829     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07325.x     Document Type: Article

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