A novel nonsense mutation in CACNA1A causes episodic ataxia and hemiplegia

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-37

  Jen, Joanna ^c   Yue, Q ^d   Nelson, S F ^d   Yu, H ^d   Litt, M ^a   Nutt, J ^b   Baloh, R W ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 19; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONSENSE MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033551468     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.1.34     Document Type: Article

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