Peripheral neuropathy of Machado-Joseph disease in Taiwan: A morphometric and genetic study

European Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 210-217

  Lin, Kon Ping ^a   Soong, Bing Wen ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Machado Joseph disease; Morphometry; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SURAL NERVE; TAIWAN; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURAL NERVE; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0036050825     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066169     Document Type: Article

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