Reduction of CAG expansions in cerebellar cortex and spinal cord of DRPLA

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-201

  Aoki, M ^a   Abe, K ^a   Tobita, M ^a,b   Kameya, T ^a   Watanabe, M ^c   Itoyama, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yonezawa National Hospital   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Cerebellar cortex; DRPLA; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHROMOSOME 12; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030443297     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1996.tb02625.x     Document Type: Article

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