Primary degenerative cerebellar ataxias in ethnic Bengalees in West Bengal: Some observations

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-234

  Chakravarty, A ^a   Mukherjee, S C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; Autosomal recessive; Cerebellar ataxia; Ethnic variations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARENT; PHENOTYPE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0242525724     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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