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Friedreich's ataxia: a clinical and genetic analysis.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Feb 2007
Reddy P Leema, Grewal Raji P
Abstract excerpt
We report a patient with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) who developed a previously unreported feature of a mixed sleep apnea. Initial mutation analysis, by PCR, of the parental frataxin alleles showed an apparent de novo mutation in the maternal germline. Further investigation using Southern blot analysis showed that the mother did carry an expanded mutant frataxin allele. Based upon published...
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