Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) - Correlations between phenotype and genotype in one large Belgian family

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Martin, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Van Regemorter, Nicole ^c   Del Favero, Jurgen ^d   Löfgren, Ann ^d   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^d  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type II; CAG repeats; Chromosome 3p12 13; Clinical phenotype; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETINA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0032819569     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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