Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 with glial cell cytoplasmic inclusions

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 503-505

  Probst Cousin, S ^a   Acker, T ^a   Epplen, J T ^b   Bergmann, M ^c   Plate, K H ^a   Neundorfer B ^a   Heuss, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c Central Hospital Bremen Ost   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; SILVER; TAU PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SILVER STAINING; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; NEUROGLIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 1542721758     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.011825     Document Type: Article

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