Polymorphic CAG repeat length in the androgen receptor gene and association with neurodegeneration in a heterozygous female carrier of Kennedy's disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Greenland, Karen J ^a   Beilin, Jonathan ^b   Castro, Julian ^b   Varghese, Paul N ^c   Zajac, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Kennedy's disease; Motor neuron disease; Polyglutamine repeat expansion; Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYSTEINYLALANYLGLYCINE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 1142267446     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0266-x     Document Type: Article

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