Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 : Clinical features in a large family

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 649-657

  Day, John W ^a   Schut, L J ^a   Moseley, M L ^a   Durand, A C ^a   Ranum, Laura P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

EID: 0033816249     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.5.649     Document Type: Article

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