The Drew Family of Walworth: One century from the first evaluation until the final diagnosis. Machado-Joseph disease;A Família Drew de Walworth: Um século após a avaliação inicial finalmente o diagnóstico. Doença de Machado-Joseph

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Ghizoni Teive, Hélio A ^a,b   Oleschko Arruda, Walter ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hereditary ataxia; Machado Joseph disease; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 1842831459     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2004000100034     Document Type: Article

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