Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay: An overview

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 418-422

  Bouhlal, Yosr ^a   Amouri, Rim ^b   El Euch Fayeche, Ghada ^b   Hentati, Fayçal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ARSACS; Autosomal recessive ataxia; Chaperone activity; Sacsin

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BRAIN PROTEIN; SACSIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX SAGUENAY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETINA EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SACSIN GENE; SPASTICITY;

GENOTYPE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 79959348337     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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