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A genetic epidemiological study of spinocerebellar ataxias in Tottori prefecture, Japan.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 May 2001
Mori M, Adachi Y, Kusumi M, Nakashima K
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the genotype frequencies of patients with spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA), using a community-based prevalence study among 613,349 inhabitants in Tottori prefecture, Japan. Prevalence date was April 1, 1998. On this date, 109 SCA patients were identified in this community. The prevalence of SCA was 17.8 per 100,000 individuals. The most common cause of inherited SCA was a mutation at the SCA6 locus...
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