Oculopharyngeal MD among Bukhara Jews is due to a founder (GCG)9 mutation is in the PABP2 gene

Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1267-1270

  Blumen, S C ^a,b   Korczyn, A D ^c,d   Lavoie, H ^e   Medynski, S ^f   Chapman, J ^c   Asherov, A ^c   Nisipeanu, P ^a   Inzelberg, R ^a,b   Carasso, R L ^a   Bouchard, J P ^g   Tome F M S ^h   Rouleau, G A ^f   Brais, B ^e,f  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034649441     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.55.9.1267     Document Type: Article

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