Restless legs and substantia nigra hypoechogenicity are common features in Friedreich's ataxia

Cerebellum

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Synofzik, Matthis ^a,b   Godau, Jana ^a,b   Lindig, Tobias ^a,b   Schöls, Ludger ^a,b   Berg, Daniela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Friedreich's ataxia; Iron; Restless legs syndrome; Substantia nigra; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952700088     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-010-0215-4     Document Type: Article

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