The haw river syndrome: Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) in an African–American family

Nature Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 521-524

  Burke, James R ^a   Wingfield, Martha S ^b   Lewis, Karen E ^a   Roses, Allen D ^a   Lee, James E ^a   Hulette, Christine ^a   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^a   Vance, Jeffery M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHROMOSOME 12P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYNDROME; TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH CAROLINA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEDIGREE; RED NUCLEUS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SYNDROME;

EID: 0028169738     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0894-521     Document Type: Article

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