Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7): First report of a systematic neuropathological study of the brain of a patient with a very short expanded CAG-repeat

Brain Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Rüb, Udo ^a   Brunt, E R ^b   Gierga, K ^a   Seidel, K ^a   Schultz, C ^a   Schols L ^c   Auburger, G ^a   Heinsen, H ^d   Ippel, P F ^e   Glimmerveen, W F ^f   Wittebol Post, D ^e   Arai, K ^g   Deller, T ^a   De Vos, R A I ^h  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f GA Emmeloord ^*  (Netherlands)

^g SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 3P; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RETINA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 7; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 27944503345     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2005.tb00113.x     Document Type: Article

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