Friedreich Ataxia in Acadian Families from Eastern Canada: Clinical Diversity with Conserved Haplotypes

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 594-601

  Richter, Andrea ^a   Poirier, Josée ^a   Mercier, Jocelyne ^a   Julien, Dominique ^a   Morgan, Kenneth ^b   Roy, Madeleine ^c   Gosselin, France ^d   Bouchard, Jean Pierre ^d   Melançon, Serge B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acadian; Friedreich ataxia; Haplotypes

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; IMPLETA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NERVE DEGENERATION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX;

CANADA; DNA; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0029834317     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960906)64:4<594::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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