Spastic paraplegia, optic atrophy, and neuropathy: New observations, locus refinement, and exclusion of candidate genes

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-387

  Macedo Souza, Lúcia Inês ^a   Kok, Fernando ^a   Santos, Silvana ^a   Licinio, Luciana ^a   Lezirovitz, Karina ^a   Cavaçana, Natale ^a   Bueno, Clarissa ^a   Amorim, Simone ^a   Pessoa, André ^a   Graciani, Zodja ^a   Ferreira, Áurea ^a   Prazeres, Abdísio ^a   de Melo, Áurea Nogueira ^b   Otto, Paulo Alberto ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Linkage; Neuropathy; Optic atrophy; Spastic paraplegia; SPOAN

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COPPER CHAPERON FOR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FIBRONECTIN; KINESIN 2; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT AND FIBRONECTIN TYPE 3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OPTIC ATROPHY; PARAPLEGIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449153607     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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