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[Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7: clinical and molecular genetic analysis of a Mexican family].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Rolón Lacarriere O, Rasmussen Almaraz A, Hernández Cruz H, Carranza del Río J, González Cruz M, Gutiérrez Moctezuma J
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INTRODUCTION: Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) constitute a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by cerebellar disfunction alone or associated with other neurological anomalies. The combination of progressive cerebellar ataxia, macular pigment dystrophy, ophtalmoplegia, spasticity and an autosomal dominant pattern of transmission is characteristic of SCA 7. Genome wide linkage analysis mapped the...
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