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High prevalence of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) in an isolated region of Japan.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2000
Onodera Y, Aoki M, Tsuda T, Kato H, Nagata T, Kameya T, Abe K, Itoyama Y
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant cerebeller ataxias (ADCAs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that differ in both the clinical manifestations and modes of inheritance. At present, eight different genes causing ADCAs have been found: spinocerebeller ataxia type 1 (SCA1), SCA2, SCA3/Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), SCA6, SCA7, SCA8, SCA12 and dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA). The relative prevalence...
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