Identification and sizing of the GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion of Friedreich's ataxia in 56 patients. Clinical and genetic correlates

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 673-680

  Lamont, P J ^a   Davis, M B ^a   Wood, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friedreich's ataxia; GAA trinucleotide repeat; Long PCR

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE LOCUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SYMPTOM; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030904035     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.4.673     Document Type: Article

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