Spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4): Initial pathoanatomical study reveals widespread cerebellar and brainstem degeneration

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 829-843

  Hellenbroich, Y ^a   Gierga, K ^b   Reusche, E ^a   Schwinger, E ^a   Deller, T ^b   De Vos, R A I ^c   Zuhlke C ^a   Rub U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADCA; Pathoanatomy; Polyglutamine diseases; SCA4; Spinocerebellar ataxias

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 4; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

AGED; AUDITORY DISEASES, CENTRAL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 33745513217     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0362-9     Document Type: Article

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