A genetic epidemiological study of spinocerebellar ataxias in Tottori prefecture, Japan

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-149

  Mori, Masatada ^a,b   Adachi, Yoshiki ^a   Kusumi, Masayoshi ^a   Nakashima, Kenji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; Phenotype; Prevalence; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 0035010910     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054775     Document Type: Article

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