Prenatal diagnosis of Friedreich ataxia

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 831-833

  Pandolfo, Massimo ^a,b,c   Montermini, Laura ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0031822037     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199808)18:8<831::AID-PD437>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Short Survey

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