Regional differences in genetic subgroup frequency in hereditary cerebellar ataxia, and a morphometrical study of brain MR images in SCA1, MJD and SCA6

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Nagaoka, Utako ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiro ^b   Kawanami, Toru ^a   Kurita, Keiji ^a   Shikama, Yukihiro ^c   Honda, Koichi ^d   Abe, Koji ^e   Nakajima, Takashi ^f   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamagata Pref Nihon kai Hospital   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Prefectural Kahoku Hospital   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f National Saigata Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; Magnetic resonance imaging; MJD; Morphometry; SCA1; SCA6

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033120421     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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