Friedreich ataxia: An overview

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Delatycki, Martin B ^a   Williamson, Robert ^a   Forrest, Susan M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

FRDA gene; Friedreich ataxia

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DEFEROXAMINE; FRATAXIN; FREE RADICAL; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIDE EFFECT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0034096608     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.37.1.1     Document Type: Review

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