CAG repeats in restless legs syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 141 B, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Konieczny, Markus ^a,e   Bauer, Peter ^b   Tomiuk, Jürgen ^b   Weisser, Gabriele ^b   Haan, Jean ^c   Berger, Klaus ^d   Riess, Olaf ^b   Schöls, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Krankenhaus Maria Hilf   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAG repeat length; Restless legs syndrome; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SCA1 GENE; SCA17 GENE; SCA2 GENE; SCA3 GENE; SCA6 GENE; SCA7 GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 32244434174     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30265     Document Type: Article

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