Ataxia with vitamin e deficiency: Update of molecular diagnosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-515

  Di Donato, I ^a   Bianchi, S ^a   Federico, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Retinitis pigmentosa; TTPA gene; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA WITH VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TTPA GENE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ATAXIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77958144919     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-010-0261-1     Document Type: Article

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