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A Simple Composite Phenotype Scoring System for Evaluating Mouse Models of Cerebellar Ataxia
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: a treatable ataxia
C S Clemen1, E A Spottke, D Lütjohann
1Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 52, 50931 Koeln, Germany. christoph.clemen@uni-koeln.de
Neurology
|April 27, 2005
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