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An 18 Alanine Repeat in a Severe Form of Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2014

L. Jouan ,
D. Rocheford ,
A. Szuto ,
E. Carney ,
K. David ,
P.A. Dion  and
G.A. Rouleau
L. Jouan
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
D. Rocheford
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A. Szuto
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E. Carney
Affiliation:
New York Methodist Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brooklyn Metropolitan Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, Genetic Services, New York, New York, USA
K. David
Affiliation:
New York Methodist Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brooklyn Metropolitan Hospital Center, Department of Pediatrics, Genetic Services, New York, New York, USA
P.A. Dion
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
G.A. Rouleau*
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Medicine, McGill University
*
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 3801 University St., Room 636, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada. Email: guy.rouleau@mcgill.ca.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , July 2014 , pp. 508 - 511
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