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Prenatal diagnosis of Machado-Joseph disease/Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 in Taiwan: early detection of expanded ataxin-3.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jan 2003
Tsai Hui-Fang, Liu Chin-San, Chen Gin-Den, Lin Mei-Ling, Li Chuan, Chen Yi-Yun, Wang Bao-Tyan, Hsieh Mingli
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD)/Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3) is a rare autosomal dominative disorder in which one of the neurodegenerative disorders is caused by a translated CAG repeat expansion. Here, we present the first prenatal diagnosis of MJD in Taiwan in a woman whose husband was known to carry an unstable CAG repeat expansion in the MJD gene. After evaluating the couples' motivation and...
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