Clinical and molecular studies of 73 Italian families with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type I: SCA1 and SCA2 are the most common genotypes

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 389-393

  Pareyson, Davide ^a   Gellera, Cinzia ^a   Castellotti, Barbara ^a   Antonelli, Antonella ^a   Riggio, Maria Concetta ^a   Mazzucchelli, Franca ^a   Girotti, Floriano ^a   Pietrini, Vladimiro ^b   Mariotti, Caterina ^a   Di Donato, Stefano ^a  

^a Ist Nazionale Neurologico C Besta ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON REFLEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MEIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; REFLEX, STRETCH; SACCADES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0032977862     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050369     Document Type: Article

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