Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: CAG trinucleotide expansion, clinical characteristics and sperm analysis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 381-387

  Shizuka, M ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Mizushima, K ^a   Kanai, M ^a   Tsuda, T ^b   Abe, K ^b   Okamoto, K ^a   Shoji, M ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Cell mosaicism; Sperm; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031881113     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1998.540381.x     Document Type: Article

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