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The CNTN4 c.4256C>T mutation is rare in Japanese with inherited spinocerebellar ataxia.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Mar 2008
Tanaka Eiji, Maruyama Hirofumi, Morino Hiroyuki, Nakajima Eiko, Kawakami Hideshi
Abstract excerpt
To confirm the incidence of SCA16 in Japan, we screened DNA samples from a number of patients of ataxia of unknown etiology for the substitution. We examined a total of 323 DNA samples from Japanese patients with inherited spinocerebellar ataxia. We found no 317-base pair band in the patients with ataxia of unknown etiology. It seemed that this mutation (c.4256C>T) is rare in Japanese patients with inherited...
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