The chromosome 16q-linked autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (16q-ADCA): A newly identified degenerative ataxia in Japan showing peculiar morphological changes of the Purkinje cell: The 50th Anniversary of Japanese Society of Neuropathology

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Ishikawa, Kinya ^a   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellar ataxia; presynaptic protein; Purkinje cell; SCA31; somatic sprout

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; AGED; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME 16; DOMINANT GENE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 77957321298     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01142.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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