Clinical and molecular characteristics of a Brazilian family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of late onset neurodegenerative disorders. To date, seven different genes causing autosomal dominant SCA have been mapped: SCA1, SCA2, Machado-Joseph disease (MJD)/SCA3, SCA4, SCA5, SCA7 and dentatorubropallidolu...

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Main Author: Lopes-Cendes,Iscia (author)
Other Authors: Steiner,Carlos E. (author), Silveira,Isabel (author), Pinto-Junior,Walter (author), Maciel,Jayme A. (author), Rouleau,Guy A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1996
Subjects:
neurodegenerative disease
spinocerebellar ataxia
trinucleotide expansion
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1996000300009
Country:Brazil
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