A family segregating a Friedreich ataxia phenotype that is not linked to the FRDA locus

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 824-828

  Smeyers, Patricia ^a   Monrós, Eugènia ^a   Vílchez, Juan ^a   Lopez Arlandis, José ^b   Prieto, Félix ^a   Palau, Francesc ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Hospital Verge Dels Lliris   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029877383     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02346197     Document Type: Article

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