Determinants of cognitive disorders in Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia type 1

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 162-167

  Trojano, Luigi ^a   Chiacchio, Laura ^b   Grossi, Dario ^b   Pisacreta, Anna Italia ^b   Calabrese, Olga ^b   Castaldo, Imma ^b   De Michele, Giuseppe ^b   Filla, Alessandro ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia; Cognitive disorders; Neuropsychological tests; SCA1; SCA2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032493068     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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