The expansion of the CAG repeat in ataxin-2 is a frequent cause of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1009-1013

  Lorenzetti, Diego ^a,b,c,d   Bohlega, Saeed ^a,b,c,d   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a,b,c,d  

^a Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 12; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030668895     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.1009     Document Type: Article

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