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Molecular and clinical analyses of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 in Japan.
Neurology - 22 Feb 2000
Ikeda Y, Shizuka M, Watanabe M, Okamoto K, Shoji M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the molecular and clinical features of the newly identified spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8). METHODS: We analyzed the CTG repeat region of the SCA8 gene in a series of Japanese patients with cerebellar ataxia. We also investigated the frequency of the CTG repeat length in Japanese normal elderly subjects older than age 79. Morphometric measurements on the cerebral MRI were compared...
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