SCA-2 presenting as parkinsonism in an Alberta family: Clinical, genetic, and PET findings

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1625-1627

  Furtado, S ^a   Farrer, M ^b   Tsuboi, Y ^b   Klimek, M L ^a   De la Fuente Fernandez R ^c   Hussey, J ^b   Lockhart, P ^b   Calne, D B ^c   Suchowersky, O ^a   Stoessl, A J ^c   Wszolek, Z K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; PARKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARKINSONISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0037180520     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000035625.19871.DC     Document Type: Review

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