Adult-onset autosomal recessive ataxia with thalamic lesions in a Finnish family

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1043-1049

  Rantamäki, Maria ^a   Krahe, R ^b,c   Paetau, A ^c   Cormand, B ^d   Mononen, I ^e   Udd, B ^f,g  

^a SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Vasa Central Hospital   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0035949746     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.6.1043     Document Type: Article

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