Molecular analysis of autosomal dominant hereditary ataxias in the Indian population: High frequency of SCA2 and evidence for a common founder mutation

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Saleem, Quasar ^a   Choudhry, Shweta ^b   Mukerji, Mitali ^b   Bashyam, Leena ^b   Padma, Madakasira V ^c   Chakravarthy, Ambar ^d   Maheshwari, Mool Chand ^c   Jain, Satish ^c   Brahmachari, Samir K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BIRTH ORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; INDIA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PEDIGREE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0034061759     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390051026     Document Type: Article

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