Very late onset Friedreich's ataxia without cardiomyopathy is associated with limited GAA expansion in the X25 gene

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1153-1155

  Gellera, Cinzia ^a,b,c   Pareyson, Davide ^a,b,c   Castellotti, Barbara ^a,b,c   Mazzucchelli, Franca ^a,b,c   Zappacosta, Boris ^a,b,c   Pandolfo, Massimo ^a,b,c   Donato, Stefane Di ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Genetics ^*  (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c Ctr de Rech Louis Charles Simard   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MITOSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0030668897     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.1153     Document Type: Article

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