Maternal anticipation in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD): Some maternal factors independent of the number of CAG repeat units may play a role in genetic anticipation in a Japanese MJD family

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Takiyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Shimazaki, Haruo ^a   Morita, Mitsuya ^a   Soutome, Michiyo ^a   Sakoe, Kumi ^a   Esumi, Eisaku ^a   Muramatsu, Shin ichi ^a   Yoshida, Mitsuo ^a   Igarashi, Shuichi ^b   Tanaka, Hajime ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^b   Sasaki, Hidenao ^c   Wakisaka, Akemi ^c   Nakano, Imaharu ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticipation; CAG repeat units; Machado Joseph disease; Maternal transmission; MJD1 gene

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOKYMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032485241     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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