Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with cerebellar atrophy (HMSNCA): Clinical and neuropathological features of a Japanese family

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-37

  Sekijima, Y ^a   Ohara, S ^b   Nakagawa, S ^a   Tabata, K ^a   Yoshida, K ^b,c   Ishigame, H ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Yanagisawa, N ^b  

^a Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Friedreich ataxia; Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN); Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with cerebellar atrophy (HMSNCA); Hyperlipidemia; Hypoalbuminemia; Spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE OF ONSET; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PEDIGREE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PURKINJE CELLS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032508061     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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