Saccade Velocity as a Surrogate Disease Marker in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
✍ Scribed by C SEIFRIED; L VELÁZQUEZ-PÉREZ; N SANTOS-FALCÓN; M ABELE; U ZIEMANN; L E ALMAGUER; E MARTÍNEZ-GÓNGORA; G SÁNCHEZ-CRUZ; N CANALES; R PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ; M VELÁZQUEZ-MANRESA; B VIEBAHN; S STUCKRAD-BARRE; T KLOCKGETHER; M. FETTER; G AUBURGER
- Book ID
- 111478818
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 955 KB
- Volume
- 1039
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-6564
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