Article
[Genetic diagnosis, classification and clinical hereditary ataxia disease entities].
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie - 1 Feb 1997
Schöls L, Riess O, Amoiridis G, Riess A, Przuntek H, Epplen J T
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary ataxias are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases. Neither the clinical features nor the findings at autopsy provide a satisfactory basis for the isolation of distinct categories and classification. Recently, several gene loci responsible for inherited ataxias have been i...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetic Counseling
- Germany
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Spinocerebellar Degenerations
- Trinucleotide Repeats