Probable multiple system atrophy in a German family

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 924-925

  Wullner U ^a   Abele, M ^a   Schmitz Huebsch, T ^a   Wilhelm, K ^a   Benecke, R ^b   Deuschl, G ^c   Klockgether, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UKR   (Germany)

^c UKK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; HUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PUTAMEN;

EID: 2442694184     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.025155     Document Type: Article

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