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On autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) other than polyglutamine diseases, with special reference to chromosome 16q22.1-linked ADCA.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Aug 2006
Ishikawa Kinya, Mizusawa Hidehiro
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) is a group of heterogeneous conditions. More than 20 genes or gene loci have been identified that are responsible for ADCA. Although expansions of the trinucleotide (CAG) repeat that encode polyglutamine are known to cause some forms of ADCA, growing knowledge about the genetic basis of ADCA indicates that many subtypes of ADCA are caused by mutations other than the CAG...
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