Reply to Herz et al. and Humphrey et al.: Genetic heterogeneity of cerebellar hypoplasia with quadrupedal locomotion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Ozcelik, Tayfun ^a   Akarsu, Nurten ^b   Uz, Elif ^a   Caglayan, Safak ^a   Gulsuner, Suleyman ^a   Onat, Onur Emre ^a   Tan, Meliha ^c   Tan, Uner ^d  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LETTER; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; GAIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MUTATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; GAIT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 45849123865     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804078105     Document Type: Letter

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