Unusual retinal phenotypes in an SCA7 family

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1461-1464

  Inaba, Hirofumi ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Yashima, Moemi ^b   Soma, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^b   Houzen, Hideki ^b   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Obihiro Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADCA II; Ataxia; Depigmentary degeneration; Retina; SCA7; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSARTHRIA; FAMILY STUDY; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETINA DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION TYPE 7; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 70349509281     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2072     Document Type: Article

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