Common mitochondrial DNA and POLG1 mutations are rare in the Chinese patients with adult-onset ataxia on Taiwan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-68

  Lee, Yi Chung ^a,c   Lu, Yi Chun ^b   Chang, Ming Hon ^a,c   Soong, Bing Wen ^b,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ataxia; MIRAS; Mitochondria; POLG; POLG1; SCA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33847296981     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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