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Brain Lesions in Friedreich's Ataxia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

D.R. Oppenheimer
D.R. Oppenheimer*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropathology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England
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An estimate is given of the frequency of pathological changes (assessed by cell populations and from myelin staining) in the brains of 15 cases of Friedreich's ataxia. Mention is made of the special problem of distinguishing primary degenerative lesions from those due to circulatory disturbances arising from the patients cardiac disease.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , May 1979 , pp. 173 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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