Dystonia in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 150-153

  Sethi, K D ^a   Jankovic, Joseph ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Parkinson's disease; Spinocerebellar ataxia 6

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYTOSINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GUANINE; LEVODOPA; RESERPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PALLIDOTOMY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

CEREBELLUM; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RED NUCLEUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 0036460973     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1252     Document Type: Article

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