Generalized chorea in two patients harboring the Friedreich's ataxia gene trinucleotide repeat expansion

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-340

  Hanna, Michael G ^a   Davis, Mary B ^a   Sweeney, Mary G ^a   Noursadeghi, Madi ^a   Ellis, Christopher J ^b   Elliot, Perry ^c   Wood, Nicholas W ^a   Marsden, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Weymouth and District Hospital

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorea; Frataxin; Friedreich's ataxia

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CHROMOSOME 9P; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0031883441     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130223     Document Type: Article

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