Friedreich's ataxia GAA repeat expansion in patients with recessive or sporadic ataxia

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1004-1009

  Geschwind, Daniel H ^a   Perlman, Susan ^a,c   Grody, Wayne W ^b   Milhan Telatar, Phd ^b   Laura Montermini, Phd ^a   Pandolfo, Massimo ^a   Gatti, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030724120     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.1004     Document Type: Article

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