Molecular Analysis of the Androgen Receptor Gene in Kennedy’s Disease

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Lumbroso, Serge ^a   Lobaccaro, Jean Marc ^a   Vial, Christophe ^b   Sassolas, Geneviéve ^c   Ollagnon, Brigitte ^d   Belon, Charles ^a   Pouget, Jean ^e   Sultan, Charles ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Hôpital Neurologique   (France)

^c Service de Médecine Nucléaire   (France)

^d Service de Génétique   (France)

^e TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; CAG repeat; Kennedy and rsquo; s disease; Spinobulbar muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0031014858     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000185363     Document Type: Article

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