Clinical and genetic abnormalities in patients with Friedreich's ataxia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1169-1175

  Dürr, Alexandra ^a   Cossee, Mireille ^b   Agid, Yves ^a   Campuzano, Victoria ^b   Mignard, Claude ^c   Penet, Christiane ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^b   Brice, Alexis ^a   Koenig, Michel ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 9; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029821176     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199610173351601     Document Type: Article

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