Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10: Frequency of epilepsy in a large sample of Brazilian patients

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2875-2878

  Teive, Hélio A G ^a   Munhoz, Renato P ^a   Raskin, Salmo ^a   Arruda, Walter O ^a   De Paola, Luciano ^a   Werneck, Lineu C ^a   Ashizawa, Tetsuo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; Epilepsy; SCA; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 78650200122     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23324     Document Type: Article

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