Androgen receptor mutation in Kennedy's disease

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1386, 1999, Pages 1075-1078

  Fischbeck, Kenneth H ^a   Lieberman, Andrew ^a   Bailey, Christine K ^b   Abel, Annette ^a   Merry, Diane E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Motor neuron disease; Polyglutamine disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033614764     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0461     Document Type: Article

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