A case of adult-onset Huntington disease presenting with spasticity and cerebellar ataxia, mimicking spinocerebellar degeneration

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 16-19

  Kageyama, Yasufumi ^a   Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Ueno, Masao ^a   Ichikawa, Keiji ^a  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; DNA analysis; Huntington disease; Spasticity; Spinocerebellar degeneration

Indexed keywords

HUNTINGTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SPASTICITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0037642346     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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