Recent advances in degenerative ataxias

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-455

  Klockgether, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 0033864505     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200008000-00014     Document Type: Review

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