Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 presenting as Stargardt's disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 456-458

  Tsivgoulis, G ^a   Vassilopoulou, S ^a   Rallis, K ^b   Markomichelakis, N ^b   Spengos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7;

CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STARGARDT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALLELES; BRAIN; CHILD; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SYNDROME;

EID: 41149121188     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0740-3     Document Type: Letter

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