Friedreich Ataxia

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Pandolfo, Massimo ^a,b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FRATAXIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0242439636     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-9091(03)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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