Analysis of CAG repeats in SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA6, SCA7 and DRPLA loci in spinocerebellar ataxia patients and distribution of CAG repeats at the SCA1, SCA2 and SCA6 loci in nine ethnic: Populations of eastern India

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 597-604

  Basu, Priyadarshi ^a   Chattopadhyay, Biswanath ^a   Gangopadhaya, Prasanta K ^b   Mukherjee, Subhas C ^c   Sinha, Krishna K ^d   Das, Shyamal K ^b   Roychoudhury, Susanta ^e   Majumder, Partha P ^f   Bhattacharyya, Nitai P ^a  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b BANGUR INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Advanced Diagnostic Centre   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^f INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033934458     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390000320     Document Type: Article

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