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01-09-2009 | Letter to the Editors

Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2: course over 27 years and a novel stop mutation in the senataxin gene

Authors: Tobias Haack, Douglas Friday, Andreas Bender, Arndt Rolfs, Thomas Klopstock

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 9/2009

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Title: Ataxia oculomotor apraxia type 2: course over 27 years and a novel stop mutation in the senataxin gene
Authors: Tobias Haack
Douglas Friday
Andreas Bender
Arndt Rolfs
Thomas Klopstock
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 9/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5133-3

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