Mutations in the PDYN gene (SCA23) are not a frequent cause of dominant ataxia in Central Europe

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-504

  Schicks, J ^a,b   Synofzik, M ^a,b   Beetz, C ^c   Schiele, F ^a,b   Schols L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEOENDORPHIN; DYNORPHIN A; DYNORPHIN B; PDYN PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DYSTONIA; EPILEPSY; EUROPE; EXON; GAZE PARALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPASTICITY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ENKEPHALINS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 80053533227     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01651.x     Document Type: Letter

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