The history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 in Brazil: Travels of a gene

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 A, 2007, Pages 965-968

  Teive, Hélio A G ^a,d   Arruda, Walter O ^a   Raskin, Salmo ^b   Ashizawa, Tetsuo ^c   Werneck, Lineu César ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Genetika Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

"Pure" cerebellar ataxia; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BRAZIL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 10; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 37649011147     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000600008     Document Type: Article

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