Analysis of SCA1, DRPLA, MJD, SCA2, and SCA6 CAG repeats in 48 Portuguese Ataxia families

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-138

  Silveira, I ^a,b   Coutinho, P ^c   Maciel, P ^a,b   Gaspar, C ^a,b   Hayes, S ^a   Dias, A ^a,b   Guimaraes J ^d   Loureiro, L ^e   Sequeiros, J ^b,f   Rouleau, G A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^e Hospital de Sao Pedro   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy and Machado Joseph disease; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12Q; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0032574472     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980328)81:2<134::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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