POLG, but not PEO1, is a frequent cause of cerebellar ataxia in Central Europe

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2678-2682

  Schicks, Julia ^a   Synofzik, Matthis ^a   Schulte, Claudia ^a   Schöls, Ludger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Epilepsy; Genetics; Mitochondrial

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE POLG; HELICASE; HELICASE PEO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 78349267915     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23286     Document Type: Article

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