Effects of SCA1, MJD, and DPRLA triplet repeat polymorphisms on cognitive phenotypes in a normal population of adolescent twins

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Luciano, M ^a   Hine, E ^b   Wright, M J ^a   Duffy, D L ^a   MacMillan, J ^c   Martin, N G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Association; CAG repeat polymorphisms; Cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DPRLA GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MJD GENE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCA1 GENE; SIBLING; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; READING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846319378     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30413     Document Type: Article

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