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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in sacsin-related ataxia.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2005
Yamamoto Yoichi, Hiraoka Kotaro, Araki Mutsuko, Nagano Seiichi, Shimazaki Haruo, Takiyama Yoshihisa, Sakoda Sabro
Abstract excerpt
High prevalence of a form of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia with early onset was originally described among French Canadians in the Charlevoix-Saguenay region, in northeastern Quebec. Since the responsible gene (SACS) was identified, mutations in the SACS gene have been described in Tunisia,...
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