Frequency of spinocerebellar ataxia mutations in the Kinki district of Japan.

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.01347.x

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Frequency of spinocerebellar ataxia mutations in the Kinki district of Japan.

Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2003

Matsumura R, Futamura N, Ando N, Ueno S

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequencies of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) in the Kinki district, the western part of the main island of Japan. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and forty-three families with dominantly inherited ataxia and 220 patients with apparently sporadic cerebellar ataxia were examined for the SCA1, SCA2, SCA3/Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), SCA6, SCA7, SCA8, SCA12 and...

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