Infantile Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 6: Relationship to Episodic Ataxia Type 6

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-302

  Gosalakkal, Jayaprakash A ^a   Swamy, Puttamadaiah Mallikarjuna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33646104426     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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