Molecular basis of phenotypic heterogeneity in siblings with spinal muscular atrophy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-251

  Parano, Enrico ^a,c   Pavone, Lorenzo ^a,e   Falsaperla, Raffaele ^a,d   Trifiletti, Rosario ^a,c   Wang, Ching ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Neuroscience and Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TELOMERE;

EID: 0029790284     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400219     Document Type: Article

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