An overview of the patient with ataxia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-518

  Mariotti, Caterina ^a   Fancellu, Roberto ^a   Di Donato, Stefano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Friedreich ataxia; Recessive ataxias; SCA; Spinocerebellar ataxias

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 7; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAIT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INJURY; INTRON; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB MOVEMENT; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPEECH; STANDING; TANDEM REPEAT; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ATAXIA; HUMANS;

EID: 20044380377     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0814-z     Document Type: Review

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