A missense mutation in the coiled-coil domain of the KIF5A gene and late-onset hereditary spastic paraplegia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-287

  Lo Giudice, Mariangela ^a   Neri, Marcella ^b   Falco, Michele ^a   Sturnio, Maurizio ^a   Calzolari, Elisa ^b   Di Benedetto, Daniela ^a   Fichera, Marco ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPASTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY;

EID: 32944472875     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.2.284     Document Type: Article

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