Ataxia and progressive encephalopathy in a 4-year-old girl

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-9

  Spears, Michael D ^a   Melton, Shelby ^b   Mao, Qinwen ^a   Payne, Deborah ^b   Rakheja, Dinesh ^b   Hatanpaa, Kimmo J ^a   Burns, Dennis K ^a   Sequeiros, Jorge ^c   Alonso, Isabel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATXN2 PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 12; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINOCEREBELLAR CEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 77952007680     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMSGOL1I3U5QTWRS     Document Type: Article

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