Molecular and clinical analyses of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 in Japan

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 950-955

  Ikeda, Yoshio ^a   Shizuka, Masami ^a   Watanabe, Mitsunori ^a   Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Shoji, Mikio ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTG repeat; MRI morphometry; Myotonic dystrophy; Paternal anticipation; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 0034700999     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.950     Document Type: Article

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