Editorial: Hereditary spastic paraplegia or spinocerebellar ataxia? Not always as easy as it seems

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 887-888

  Hedera, P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 3;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIN GENE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 67651243674     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02637.x     Document Type: Editorial

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