Nonprogressive juvenile-onset spinal muscular atrophy: A clinico-radiological and CAG repeat study of androgen receptor gene

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-28

  Kalita, J ^a   Misra, U K ^a   Mishra, D K ^a   Thangaraj, K ^b   Mittal, R D ^a   Mittal, B R ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor gene; CAG repeat; Hirayama disease; Juvenile spinal muscular atrophy; Monomelic amyotrophy; SMA

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONJUGATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GYNECOMASTIA; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; JUVENILE ONSET SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; TESTIS ATROPHY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33845464464     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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