Epidemiology of hereditary ataxias in Spain: Hospital discharge registry and population-based mortality study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Alonso, Verónica ^a,b   Villaverde Hueso, Ana ^a   Hens, Manuel J ^a   Morales Piga, Antonio ^a   Abaitua, Ignacio ^a,b   Posada De La Paz, Manuel ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Hereditary ataxias; Hospitalisation; Morbidity; Mortality; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SPAIN; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 84875643212     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346275     Document Type: Article

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