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Intergenerational instability and marked anticipation in SCA-17.
Neurology - 25 Nov 2003
Maltecca F, Filla A, Castaldo I, Coppola G, Fragassi N A, Carella M, Bruni A, Cocozza S, Casari G, Servadio A, De Michele G
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The authors describe an Italian family with autosomal dominant ataxia, dementia, psychiatric and extrapyramidal features, epilepsy, mild sensorimotor axonal neuropathy, and MRI findings of cerebral and cerebellar atrophy. A child had a distinctive presentation with onset at 3 years, growth retardation, fast progression, and early death. Molecular analysis demonstrated an expanded CAG/CAA repeat in the TBP gene...
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