Genetic anticipation in a large family with pure autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 392-396

  Thurmon, T F ^a   He, Ching ^b   Haskell, Carroll ^b   Thorpe, Patricia ^b   Thurmon, S G ^a   Rosen, D R ^b  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic mutation; Genetic anticipation; Spastic paraplegia; Trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033597374     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990423)83:5<392::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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