SCA6 presenting with young-onset parkinsonism without ataxia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1067-1068

  Yun, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^b   Kim, Han Joon ^a   Kim, Young Eun ^a   Jeon, Beom S ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCA6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TROPANES;

EID: 84864005111     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24977     Document Type: Letter

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