Mutation analysis of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy in Hispanic American families

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1378-1381

  Grewal, Raji P ^a,b,e,f   Karkera, Jayaprahash D ^a,c,d   Grewal, Roopinder K ^a,b,c   Detera Wadleigh, Sevilla D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c Unit on Gene Mapping and Expression   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DYSPHAGIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032751770     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.11.1378     Document Type: Article

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