Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy in South Wales

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 804-807

  Wardle, M ^a   Majounie, E ^a   Williams, N M ^a   Rosser, A E ^b   Morris, H R ^a   Robertson, N P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSIES, PROGRESSIVE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; WALES;

EID: 46249109604     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.128074     Document Type: Article

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