ArticleAutosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS): Typical clinical and neuroimaging features in a Brazilian family;Ataxia espástica autossômica recessiva de Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS): Aspectos clínicos e de neuroimagem típicos em uma família brasileira

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 69, Issue 2 B, 2011, Pages 288-291

  Pedroso, José Luiz ^a   Braga Neto, Pedro ^a   Abrahão, Agessandro ^a   Rivero, René Leandro Magalhães ^a   Abdalla, Carolina ^a   Abdala, Nitamar ^a   Barsottini, Orlando Graziani Povoas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix Saguenay; Early onset spastic ataxia

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX SAGUENAY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PONS; SIBLING; SLURRED SPEECH; SPASTICITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; PEDIGREE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACLOFEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PEDIGREE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 79958858561     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000300004     Document Type: Article

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