Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 in China: Molecular analysis and genotype- phenotype correlation in nine families

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 595-598

  Zhou, Y X ^a,b   Wang, G X ^b   Tang, B S ^c   Li, W D ^d   Wang, D A ^c   Lee, H S ^a   Sambuughin, N ^a   Zhou, L S ^e   Tsuji, S ^g   Yang, B X ^b   Goldfarb, Lev G ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^e First People's Hospital of Xuzhou   (China)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 0031721957     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.595     Document Type: Article

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