Screening for FXTAS in 95 Spanish patients negative for Huntington disease

Genetic Testing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Rodriguez Revenga, Laia ^a,b   Santos, M Mònica ^a   Sánchez, Aurora ^a   Pujol, Montserrat ^c   Gómez Anson, Beatriz ^a   Badenas, Celia ^a   Jiménez, Dolores ^a   Madrigal, Irene ^a,b   Milà, Montserrat ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c H Santa Maria de Lleida   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FRAGILE X ASSOCIATED TREMOR ATAXIA SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; TREMOR;

EID: 41449087951     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2007.0074     Document Type: Article

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