Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 with Focal Epilepsy - An Unusual Association

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Tan, Nigel C K ^a   Zhou, Y ^b   Tan, A S C ^b   Chong, S S ^b,c,d   Lee, W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ion channelopathy; Oligogenic model of epilepsy; Polymerase chain reaction; Susceptibility gene; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

EID: 1842661563     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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