Progressive ataxia due to a missense mutation in a calcium-channel gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1078-1087

  Yue, Qing ^a   Jen, Joanna C ^a   Nelson, Stanley F ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 19P; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0030776159     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301613     Document Type: Article

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