Molecular features of the CAG repeats of spinocerebellar ataxia 6 (SCA6)

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1283-1287

  Matsuyama, Zenjiro ^a   Kawakami, Hideshi ^a   Maruyama, Hirofumi ^a   Izumi, Yuishin ^b   Komure, Osamu ^c   Udaka, Fukashi ^b   Kameyama, Masakuni ^b   Nishio, Takeshi ^d   Kuroda, Yasuo ^e   Nishimura, Masataka ^f   Nakamura, Shigenobu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GENE DOSAGE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 8544255538     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1283     Document Type: Article

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