Relative frequencies of CAG expansions in spinocerebellar ataxia and dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy in 116 Italian families

European Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Filla, Alessandro ^a   Mariotti, C ^b   Caruso, G ^a   Coppola, G ^a   Cocozza, S ^a   Castaldo, I ^a   Calabrese, O ^a   Salvatore, E ^a   De Michele, G ^a   Riggio, M C ^b   Pareyson, D ^b   Gellera, C ^b   Di Donato, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE;

EID: 0033947497     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008189     Document Type: Article

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