Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 17: Latest Member of Polyglutamine Disease Group Highlights Unanswered Questions

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-184

  Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSARTHRIA; EDITORIAL; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 17; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

HUMANS; PEPTIDES; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 1042302765     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.2.183     Document Type: Editorial

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