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Genetic testing in spinocerebellar ataxias: defining a clinical role.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2001
Tan E K, Ashizawa T
Abstract excerpt
Although genetic tests for known spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) genes are increasingly available, their exact clinical role has received much less attention. Currently available DNA tests can define the genotypes of up to two thirds of patients with dominantly inherited SCAs. Certain characteristic clinical features and ethnic predilection of some of the SCA subtypes may help prioritize specific SCA gene testing....
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