Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: CAG repeat expansion in α(1A) voltage- dependent calcium channel gene and clinical variations in Japanese population

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 879-884

  Ikeuchi, Takeshi ^a   Takano, Hiroki ^a   Koide, Reiji ^a   Horikawa, Yoh ^b   Honma, Yoshiaki ^c   Onishi, Yoji ^d   Igarashi, Shuichi ^a   Tanaka, Hajime ^a   Nakao, Naoki ^e   Sahashi, Ko ^e   Tsukagoshi, Hiroshi ^f   Inoue, Kiyoharu ^g   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinrakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Department of Neurology   (Japan)

^g Tokyo Medical University School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031442152     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420609     Document Type: Article

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