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Ataxia Severity Correlates with White Matter Degeneration in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7

C.R. Hernandez-Castillo, I. Vaca-Palomares, F. Barrios, L. Martinez, M.-C. Boll and J. Fernandez-Ruiz
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2016, 37 (11) 2050-2054; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4903
C.R. Hernandez-Castillo
aFrom the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia–Instituto de Neuroetologia (C.R.H.-C.), Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico
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I. Vaca-Palomares
bDepartamento de Fisiologia (I.V.-P., J.F.-R.), Facultad de Medicina
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F. Barrios
cInstituto de Neurobiologia (F.B.), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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dDepartamento de Neurogenética y Biologıa Molecular (L.M.)
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M.-C. Boll
eLaboratorio de Investigacion Clinica (M.-C.B.), Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, “Manuel Velasco Suárez,” Mexico City, México.
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