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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 in Mainland China: molecular and clinical features in four families.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2005
Jiang Hong, Tang Beisha, Xia Kun, Zhou Yongxin, Xu Bo, Zhao Guohua, Li Haiyan, Shen Lu, Pan Qian, Cai Fang
Abstract excerpt
The hereditary spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders. The genes causing 11 of these diseases have been identified. To date, there is no report of SCA type 6 (SCA6) in Mainland Chinese. Using a molecular approach, we investigated SCA6 as well as other SCA subtype in 120 Mainland Chinese families with dominantly inherited ataxias and in 60...
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