CAG repeat expansions in patients with sporadic cerebellar ataxia

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-59

  Futamura, N ^a   Matsumura, R ^a   Fujimoto, Y ^a   Horikawa, H ^a   Suzumura, A ^a   Takayanagi, T ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeat expansion; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Sporadic cases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031747495     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1998.tb07378.x     Document Type: Article

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