Spinocerebellar ataxia type 27 (SCA27) is an uncommon cause of dominant ataxia among Chinese Han population

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 520, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-19

  Chen, Zhao ^a   Li, Xiaohui ^a   Tang, Beisha ^a,b   Wang, Junling ^a   Shi, Yuting ^a   Sun, Zhanfang ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Pan, Qian ^b   Xia, Kun ^b   Jiang, Hong ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DHPLC; FGF14; Mutation; Polymorphism; SCA27

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 14; GENOMIC DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHINESE HAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSGRAPHIA; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPOREFLEXIA; INDEL MUTATION; LIMB ATAXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMBERG TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 27; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREMOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHINA; EXONS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SIBLINGS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862153407     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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