Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: Clinical features of a pedigree displaying prominent frontal-executive dysfunction

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Storey, Elsdon ^a,b,d   Forrest, Susan M ^b   Shaw, Janet H ^b   Mitchell, Peter ^c   Gardner, R J McKinley ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHAGIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA 2; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIGREE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032958984     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.1.43     Document Type: Article

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