Genetic analysis of SCA 27 in ataxia and childhood onset postural tremor

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-396

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Lim, Shu Wei ^a,d   Tan, Eng King ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^d SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCA 27 GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; EXONS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TREMOR;

EID: 34247401653     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30472     Document Type: Letter

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