Survival estimates for patients with Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3)

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 543-545

  Kieling, C ^a   Prestes, P R ^b   Saraiva Pereira, M L ^a,b   Jardim, Laura Bannach ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Machado Joseph disease; Polyglutamine diseases; SCA3; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 36248958757     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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