Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: Frequency of the mutation and genotype- phenotype correlations

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1247-1251

  Geschwind, D H ^a   Perlman, S ^a   Figueroa, K P ^a   Karrim, J ^a   Baloh, R W ^a   Pulst, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE MOVEMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0030699138     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.5.1247     Document Type: Article

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