A clinical, genetic, neuropathological study in a Japanese family with SCA 6 and a review of Japanese autopsy cases of autosomal dominant cortical cerebellar atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-59

  Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,b,c   Ishikawa, Kinya ^d   Watabiki, Sadakiyo ^c   Tone, Osamu ^c   Taki, Kazuhiro ^c   Haga, Chie ^b   Takashima, Minoru ^d   Ito, Umeo ^c   Okeda, Riki ^d   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^d   Ikeda, Kenji ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropol Matsuzawa H ^*  (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cortical cerebellar atrophy; Genetics; Neuropathology; SCA 6

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AGED; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PURKINJE CELLS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0032544506     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00189-0     Document Type: Article

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