A family with dentato-rubro-pallido-luysian atrophy (DRPLA): An intergenerational contraction of the CAG repeat

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  Murata, Kayoko ^a   Matsumura, Ryusuke ^a   Nakamuro, Takuya ^a   Ichikawa, Shohei ^a   Takayanagi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anticipation; CAG repeat size; contraction; dentato rubro pallido luysian atrophy (DRPLA); maternal transmission

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; DEMENTIA; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEDIGREE; RED NUCLEUS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031009690     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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