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Clinical, neuropathological, and molecular study in two families with spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6).
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jul 1999
Ishikawa K, Watanabe M, Yoshizawa K, Fujita T, Iwamoto H, Yoshizawa T, Harada K, Nakamagoe K, Komatsuzaki Y, Satoh A, Doi M, Ogata T, Kanazawa I, Shoji S, Mizusawa H
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the clinical, neuropathological, and molecular characteristics of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6), two unrelated Japanese families with SCA6 were studied. A clinical feature of the two families was late onset "pure" cerebellar ataxia. Pathologically, three SCA6 brains consistently showed Purkinje cell dominant cortical cerebellar degeneration. Morphometric analysis showed that loss of the...
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