Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 in Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 B, 2008, Pages 691-694

  Teive, Hélio A G ^a,c   Munhoz, Renato Puppi ^a   Raskin, Salmo ^b   Werneck, Lineu César ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Genetika Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; CACNA1A gene; Pure cerebellar ataxia; Spinocerebelar ataxia type 6

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; GENOMIC DNA; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAZIL; CACNA1A GENE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 19P; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCA6 GENE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 56049121272     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500015     Document Type: Article

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