Childhood-onset ataxia: Testing for large CAG-repeats in SCA2 and SCA7

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 338-345

  Mao, Rong ^a   Aylsworth, Arthur S ^b   Potter, Nicholas ^c   Wilson, William G ^d   Breningstall, Galen ^e   Wick, Myra J ^f   Babovic Vuksanovic, Dusica ^a   Nance, Martha ^g   Patterson, Marc C ^a   Gomez, Christopher M ^f   Snow, Karen ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Noran Neurological Clinic   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g PARK NICOLLET CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; SCA2; SCA7; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Triplet repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 7; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SCA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ONSET ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

AGE OF ONSET; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 18444411305     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10467     Document Type: Article

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