A comparison of the lengths of androgen receptor triplet repeats in brain and blood in motor neuron diseases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-128

  Saunderson, Rebecca B ^a   Yu, Bing ^a   Trent, Ronald J A ^a   Pamphlett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Androgen receptor; Kennedy disease; Motor neuron disease; Progressive muscular atrophy; Somatic mutation; Triplet repeat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 39049164604     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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