The clinical and genetic characteristics of spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA 7) in three Black South African families

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Modi, G ^a,b   Modi, M ^a   Martinus, I ^a   Rodda, J ^a   Saffer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; SCA 7; South African

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0033996804     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2000.101003177.x     Document Type: Article

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