CAG repeat polymorphism in the androgen receptor (AR) gene of SBMA patients and a control group

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-239

  Sułek, Anna ^a   Hoffman Zacharska, Dorota ^a,b   Krysa, Wioletta ^a   Szirkowiec, Walentyna ^a   Fidziańska, Elzbieta ^a   Zaremba, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor gene; CAG repeats; Spinobulbar muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECEPTOR GENE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 20544457859     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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