A kindred with cerebellar ataxia and thermoanalgesia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-523

  Genis, D ^a   Ferrer, I ^b   Sole, J Valls ^c   Corral, J ^b   Volpini, V ^b   Nicolás, H San ^b   Gich, J ^a   Ramio Torrenta L ^a   Ferrandiz M ^a   Puig, J ^a   Marquez F ^a  

^a Dr Josep Trueta University Hospital   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 3; ATAXIN 7; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SCA PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CHROMOSOME 16; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; THERMOANALGESIA; CEREBELLUM; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEAT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; H-REFLEX; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN INSENSITIVITY, CONGENITAL; PEDIGREE; REFLEX;

EID: 65449152686     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.151548     Document Type: Article

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