Analysis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 in Gunma Prefecture in Japan: CAG trinucleotide expansion and clinical characteristics

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-185

  Mizushima, Kazuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Mitsunori ^a   Abe, Koji ^b   Aoki, Masashi ^b   Itoyama, Yasuto ^b   Shizuka, Masami ^a   Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Shoji, Mikio ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticipation; CAG repeats; Cell mosaic; Founder effect; MRI; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; JAPAN; MALE; MOSAICISM; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032053896     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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