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Mutation analysis in the fibroblast growth factor 14 gene: frameshift mutation and polymorphisms in patients with inherited ataxias.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2005
Dalski Andreas, Atici Jassemien, Kreuz Friedmar R, Hellenbroich Yorck, Schwinger Eberhard, Zühlke Christine
Abstract excerpt
The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) with autosomal dominant inheritance are a group of neurodegenerative disorders with overlapping as well as highly variable phenotypes. Genetically, at least 25 different loci have been identified. Seven SCAs are caused by CAG trinucleotide repeat expansions, for 13 the chromosomal localization is known solely. Recently, a missense mutation in the fibroblast growth factor 14 gene...
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