High prevalence of I179S mutation in patients with late-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy [3]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 389-390

  Lugowska, Agnieszka ^a   Berger, J ^b   Tylki Szymanska A ^b   Czartoryska, B ^b   Loschl B ^b   Molzer, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSIDE SULFATASE; ISOLEUCINE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBROSIDE-SULFATASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, METACHROMATIC; MUTATION; POLAND;

EID: 0036590286     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.610514.x     Document Type: Letter

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