Machado-Joseph disease in east Arnhem Land, Australia: Chromosome 14q32.1 expanded repeat confirmed in four families

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1118-1122

  Burt, T ^a   Currie, B ^a   Kilburn, C ^b   Lethlean, A K ^c   Dempsey, K ^d   Blair, I ^e   Cohen, A ^f   Nicholson, G ^e  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Laynhapuy Homelands Association   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029864610     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.1118     Document Type: Article

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