Effect of trinucleotide repeat length and parental sex on phenotypic variation in spinocerebellar ataxia I

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 959-965

  Jodice, Carla ^a   Malaspina, Patrizia ^a   Persichetti, Francesca ^a   Novelletto, Andrea ^a   Spadaro, Maria ^b   Giunti, Paola ^a,d   Morocutti, Cristoforo ^b   Terrenato, Luciano ^a   Harding, Anita E ^d   Frontali, Marina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PARENTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX FACTORS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0028229119     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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