Relations between genotype and phenotype in German patients with the Machado-Joseph disease mutation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 466-470

  Schöls, Ludger ^a   Amoiridis, Georgios ^a   Epplen, Jörg T ^b   Langkafel, Mathias ^a   Przuntek, Horst ^a   Riess, Olaf ^b  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Machado Joseph disease; Molecular genetics; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029806872     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.5.466     Document Type: Article

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