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Absence of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease within ataxic patients in the Czech population.
European journal of neurology - 1 Nov 2005
Bauer P O, Zumrova A, Matoska V, Marikova T, Krilova S, Boday A, Singh B, Goetz P
Abstract excerpt
Although spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)/Machado-Joseph disease is the most common type of SCA worldwide, we did not identify any cases of the disease amongst SCA patients in the Czech population. It has been proposed that the prevalence of large normal alleles correlates with the frequency of various types of SCA. We have therefore attempted to resolve the absence of SCA3 in our population by investigating,...
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