Clinical and molecular analysis of 11 Sicilian SCA2 families: Influence of gender on age at onset

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-307

  Giuffrida, Salvatore ^a   Lanza, Sara ^a   Restivo, Domenico A ^a   Saponara, Riccardo ^a   Valvo, Sebastiana C ^a   Le Pira, Francesco ^a   Salinaro, Angela Trovato ^a   Spinella, Francesca ^a   Nicoletti, Alessandra ^a   Condorelli, Daniele F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; Gender; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 12; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032970447     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630301.x     Document Type: Article

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