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The parkinsonian phenotype of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jan 2004
Lu Chin-Song, Wu Chou Yah-Huei, Kuo Pei-Chi, Chang Hsiu-Chen, Weng Yi-Hsin
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BACKGROUND: We recently reported that spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) caused familial parkinsonism in 2 brothers with predominant symptoms of resting tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia that responded to levodopa. OBJECTIVE: To investigate SCA2 as the possible cause of familial parkinsonism in our series and subsequently to analyze the correlation between the clinical manifestation and CAG repeat size in the...
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