Spectrum and prevalence of autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan: A study of 113 Japanese families

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 848-855

  Basri, Rehana ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Soma, Hiroyuki ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

16q linked ADCA; Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia; SCA3; SCA6

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEASOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCA8 GENE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 34848824687     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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