CGG repeat length correlates with age of onset of motor signs of the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS)

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 566-569

  Tassone, Flora ^a   Adams, John ^b   Berry Kravis, Elizabeth M ^c   Cohen, Susannah S ^b   Brusco, Alfredo ^d   Leehey, Maureen A ^e   Li, Lexin ^f   Hagerman, Randi J ^b,g   Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Dementia; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson; RNA toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATAXIA; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250869612     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30482     Document Type: Article

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