Phenotype variation correlates with CAG repeat length in SCA2 - A study of 28 Japanese patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-208

  Sasaki, Hidenao ^a   Wakisaka, Akemi ^a   Sanpei, Kazuhiro ^c   Takano, Hiroki ^c   Igarashi, Shuichi ^c   Ikeuchi, Takeshi ^c   Iwabuchi, Kiyoshi ^d   Fukazawa, Toshiyuki ^b   Hamada, Takeshi ^b   Yuasa, Tatsuhiko ^e   Tsuji, Shoji ^c   Tashiro, Kunio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokuyukai Neurological Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^e 1 7 1 Kohnodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choreiform movements; Hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia; Hyporeflexia; Slow eye movement; Spinocerebellar ataxia 2; Triplet repeat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032516918     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00166-X     Document Type: Article

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