Clinicopathological study of the peripheral nervous system in Machado-Joseph disease.

doi:10.1016/0022-510x(94)00285-v

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Clinicopathological study of the peripheral nervous system in Machado-Joseph disease.

Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 May 1995

Kinoshita A, Hayashi M, Oda M, Tanabe H

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Three cases of histologically-proven Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) (clinically, types II and III) are described with special reference to the peripheral nervous system. We systematically and quantitatively analyzed the myelinated fiber densities in various nerves of three MJD patients and compared...

Topics

Adult
Central Nervous System
Facial Nerve
Female
Humans
Machado-Joseph Disease
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Fibers
Oculomotor Nerve
Peripheral Nervous System
Phenotype

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