Frequency of spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy mutations in Korean patients with spinocerebellar ataxia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Jin, Dong Kyu ^a,b   Oh, Myung Ryurl ^a   Song, Seng Mi ^a   Koh, Si Whan ^a   Lee, Munhyang ^a   Kim, Gyeong Moon ^a   Lee, Won Yong ^a   Chung, Chin Sang ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a   Im, Joo Hyuk ^a,c   Lee, Myung Jong ^a,c   Kim, Jae Woo ^a,d   Lee, Myung Sik ^a,e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medecal Center   (South Korea)

^d Dong A University   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dominant ataxia; Molecular analysis; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAUCASIAN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; KOREA; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0032930168     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050335     Document Type: Article

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