Is the 31 CAG repeat allele of the spinocerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1) gene locus non-specifically associated with trinucleotide expansion diseases?

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-205

  Savić, Dušanka ^a   Topisirović, Ivan ^a   Keckarević, Milica ^a   Keckarević, Dušan ^a   Major, Tamara ^a   Čuljković, Biljana ^a   Stojković, Oliver ^a   Rakočević Stojanović, Vidosava ^a   Mladenović, Jelena ^a   Todorović, Slobodanka ^a   Apostolski, Slobodan ^a   Romac, Stanka ^a  

^a Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Neurodegenerative disorders; Neuromuscular disorders; SCA1; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 18244362122     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200112000-00004     Document Type: Article

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