Friedreich's ataxia: A clinical and genetic analysis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-202

  Reddy, P Leema ^a   Grewal, Raji P ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Friedreich's ataxia; Mutation analysis; Southern blot analysis; Triplet repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOTHER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33846081051     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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