Clinical heterogeneity of recessive ataxia in the Mexican population

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1370-1372

  Rasmussen, A ^a   Gomez M ^a   Alonso, E ^b   Bidichandani, Sanjay I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33845233117     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.090449     Document Type: Article

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