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Homozygous Machado Joseph Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Liudmila Lysenko
Affiliation:
JFK Medical Center, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A
Raji P. Grewal
Affiliation:
JFK Medical Center, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A
Wei Ma
Affiliation:
JFK Medical Center, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A
Leema Reddy Peddareddygari*
Affiliation:
JFK Medical Center, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A
*
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute/JFK Medical Center, 65 James Street, Edison, New Jersey, 08820, U.S.A.
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Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2010

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