Spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2): Morphometric analyses in 11 autopsies

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-310

  Estrada, Rafael ^a   Galarraga, Joaquín ^a   Orozco, Guillermo ^b   Nodarse, Alberto ^a   Auburger, Georg ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^b Lenin Hospital   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Autopsy; Cerebellum; Cuba; Polyglutamine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; CUBA; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE COURSE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0033046989     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050989     Document Type: Article

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