Genetic fitness in Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxia 1: A population genetics model for CAG repeat expansions

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-435

  Frontali, M ^a   Sabbadini, G ^a   Novelletto, A ^b   Jodice, C ^b   Naso, F ^c   Spadaro, M ^c   Giunti, P ^c   Jacopini, A G ^a   Veneziano, L ^a   Mantuano, E ^a   Malaspina, P ^b   Ulizzi, L ^c   Brice, A ^d   Durr, A ^d   Terrenato, L ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

ATAXIA;

EID: 10544248589     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb00440.x     Document Type: Article

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