Molecular genetics of the hereditary ataxias.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2660(08)60141-8

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Molecular genetics of the hereditary ataxias.

Advances in genetics - 1 Jan 1998

Pandolfo M, Montermini L

Abstract excerpt

One of us (MP) learned about the mapping of Huntington disease gene to chromosome 4 from the late Dr. Anita Harding. She got the news over the phone from her London office during a visit to Italy for a meeting on hereditary ataxias. In Britain, they receive Nature at least a week earlier than us....

Topics

Ataxia
Central Nervous System Diseases
Chromosome Mapping
Friedreich Ataxia
Genes, Dominant
Genotype
Humans
Iron-Binding Proteins
Phenotype
Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)
Point Mutation
Trinucleotide Repeats
Frataxin

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