Spastic paraparesis as the onset manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 2 A, 2008, Pages 246-248

  Linhares, Salomão Da Cunha ^a   Horta, Wagner Goes ^b   Da Cunha, Francisco Marcos Bezerra ^b   Castro, José Daniel Vieira ^b   Dos Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Marques Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 7;

EID: 45849104730     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000200021     Document Type: Article

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