Progression markers of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2. A twenty years neurophysiological follow up study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Velázquez Perez, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Labrada, Roberto ^a   Canales Ochoa, Nalia ^a   Sanchez Cruz, Gilberto ^a   Fernandez Ruiz, Juan ^b,c   Montero, Jacqueline Medrano ^a   Aguilera Rodríguez, Raúl ^a   Diaz, Rosalinda ^b   Almaguer Mederos, Luis E ^a   Truitz, Agustín Palomino ^d  

^a Centro para la Investigacion y Rehabilitacion de las Ataxias Hereditarias Cuba   (Cuba)

^b Facultad de Medicina ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d Hospital Docente Provincial Vladimir Ilich Lenin   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Hereditary ataxia; Peripheral Neuropathy; SCA2

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74849129206     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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