Dissecting the epidemiology of a trinucleotide repeat disease - Example of FRDA in Finland

Human Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-40

  Juvonen, Vesa ^a   Kulmala, Satu Maria ^a   Ignatius, Jaakko ^b   Penttinen, Maila ^c   Savontaus, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITARY ATAXIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELIABILITY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENES, RECESSIVE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0036461155     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-001-0642-x     Document Type: Article

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