Giant SCA8 alleles in nine children whose mother has two moderately large ones

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-553

  Corral, Jordi ^a   Genís, David ^b   Banchs, Isabel ^a   San Nicolás, Hector ^a   Armstrong, Judith ^a,c   Volpini, Víctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRDA GENE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCA8 GENE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 16344375612     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20421     Document Type: Article

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