Increased serum transferrin receptor concentrations in Friedreich ataxia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 659-661

  Wilson, Robert B ^a,c   Lynch, David R ^a   Farmer, Jennifer M ^a   Brooks, David G ^a   Fischbeck, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0034014830     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200005)47:5<659::AID-ANA17>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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