Spinal Cord Damage in Machado-Joseph Disease

Cerebellum

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-132

  Fahl, Camila N ^a   Branco, Lucas Melo T ^a   Bergo, Felipe P G ^a   D’Abreu, Anelyssa ^a   Lopes Cendes, Iscia ^a   França, Marcondes C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Machado Joseph disease; MRI; SCA3; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALE FOR ASSESSMENT AND RATING OF ATAXIA; ATROPHY; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84925488374     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-014-0619-7     Document Type: Article

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