Molecular and clinical correlations in spinocerebellar ataxia type I: Evidence for familial effects on the age at onset

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 244-252

  Ranum, Laura P W ^a,b   Chung, Ming Yi ^a   Banfi, Sandro ^c   Bryer, Alan ^d   Schut, Lawrence J ^b   Ramesar, Raj ^f   Duvick, Lisa A ^e   McCall, Alanna ^c   Subramony, S H ^f   Goldfarb, Lev ^g   Gomez, Christopher ^b   Sandkuijl, Lodewijk A ^h   Orr, Harry T ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^c  

^a Institute of Human Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^h ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DYSARTHRIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAMILY STUDY; GAIT DISORDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 0028100732     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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