The wide clinical spectrum and nigrostriatal dopaminergic damage in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-532

  Kim, Jong Min ^a   Lee, Jee Young ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Ji Seon ^a   Kim, Yu Kyeong ^a   Park, Sung Sup ^a   Kim, Sang Eun ^a   Jeon, Beom S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; LEVODOPA; [2 [[2 [[[3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 8 METHYL 8 AZABICYCLO[3.2.1]OCT 2 YL]METHYL](2 MERCAPTOETHYL)AMINO]ETHYL]AMINO]ETHANETHIOLATO]OXOTECHNETIUM TC 99M; CACNA1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M TRODAT 1; TECHNETIUM TC 99M TRODAT-1; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRADYKINESIA; CAG REPEAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GENETICS; HYPOKINESIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCINTISCANNING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOPAMINE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 77952561333     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.166728     Document Type: Article

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