Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2): Clinical features and genetic analysis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 350-352

  Mutesa, Léon ^a,b   Pierquin, Geneviève ^b   Segers, Karin ^b   Vanbellinghen, Jean François ^b   Gahimbare, Laetitia ^a   Bours, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant; CAG repeats; Central African patients; Spinocerebellar ataxia 2

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 3; ATAXIN 7; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCA2; PROTEIN SCA6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION TYPE 2; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PEDIGREE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; RWANDA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 54949129116     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn034     Document Type: Article

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