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Neurologic findings in Machado-Joseph disease: relation with disease duration, subtypes, and (CAG)n.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jun 2001
Jardim L B, Pereira M L, Silveira I, Ferro A, Sequeiros J, Giugliani R
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degeneration caused by an expanded CAG repeat on chromosome 14q32.1, is a heterogeneous disorder for clinical manifestations. The reasons for the wide range of neurologic findings in this disease are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To explain part of this heterogeneity through the association of the neurologic findings with sex, disease...
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