Pure cerebellar ataxia linked to large C9orf72 repeat expansion

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 301-303

  Corcia, Philippe ^a,b   Vourch, Patrick ^a,b   Guennoc, Anne Marie ^a   Del Mar Amador, Maria ^e   Blasco, Hélène ^a,b   Andres, Christian ^a,b   Couratier, Philippe ^c   Gordon, Paul H ^d   Meininger, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; C9ORF72 GENE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS;

EID: 84948149161     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2015.1113298     Document Type: Article

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