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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 with parkinsonism in ethnic Chinese
26 Sept 2000
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and molecular genetic analysis of a large family of northern Chinese descent with a mutation at the SCA2 locus causing carbidopa-levodopa-responsive parkinsonism. BACKGROUND: Most causes of parkinsonism remain unknown. However, molecular genetic analysis of families with parkinsonism has recently identified five distinct loci and pathogenic mutations in four of those....
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