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Spinocerebellar Ataxia Presenting in the Eighth Decade of Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Brian Silver*
Affiliation:
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Email: bsilver@lifespan.org
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2013

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