Prevalence of spinocerebellar degenerations in the Hokuriku district in Japan

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-183

  Shibata Hamaguchi, Ayumi ^a   Ishida, Chiho ^a,b   Iwasa, Kazuo ^a   Yamada, Masahito ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Iou National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia; Autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia; Hokuriku district; Machado Joseph disease; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3; Spinocerebellar degeneration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

HUMANS; JAPAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 58349121254     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000195686     Document Type: Article

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