Late-onset pure cerebellar ataxia: differentiating those with and without identifiable mutations.

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Late onset cerebellar ataxia can be caused by several genetic mutations but a large percentage of patients remain undiagnosed. Thirty-eight patients with onset of slowly progressive, pure cerebellar ataxia >or=40 years-of-age were identified from a large ataxia database. Their clinical findings and quantitative oculomotor tests were reviewed; all were screened for SCA1, SCA2, SCA3, SCA6, SCA8, SCA14, and the...

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