Prevalence of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu, Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2409-2414

  Yamamoto Watanabe, Yukiko ^a   Watanabe, Mitsunori ^a   Hikichi, Motofumi ^b   Ikeda, Yoshio ^c   Jackson, Mandy ^d   Wakasaya, Yasuhito ^a   Matsubara, Etsuro ^a   Kawarabayashi, Takeshi ^a   Kannari, Kazuya ^e   Shoji, Mikio ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hikichi Clinic   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e AOMORI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aomori; Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; Japanese; Multiple system atrophy; SCA2

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 2; ATAXIN 3; ATAXIN 7; ATROPHIN 1; GENE PRODUCT; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEIN CACNA1A; PROTEIN SCA8; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CONSANGUINITY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FAMILIAL SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE ATROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; PREVALENCE; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 1; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 17; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 2; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 31; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPORADIC SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA;

AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78549237500     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4025     Document Type: Article

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