Correlation between CAG repeat length and clinical features in Machado-Joseph disease.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on July 01, 1995

Authors

P Maciel1, C Gaspar, A L DeStefano, I Silveira, P Coutinho, J Radvany, D M Dawson, L Sudarsky, J Guimarães, J E Loureiro

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute, Québec, Canada.

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