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Screening of the SPTBN2 (SCA5) gene in German SCA patients.
Journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2007
Zühlke C, Bernard V, Dalski A, Lorenz P, Mitulla B, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Bürk K
Abstract excerpt
The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) with autosomal dominant inheritance are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders. To date 27 different loci have been identified for these conditions. Recently, two deletions as well as one missense mutation in the beta-III spectrin gene (STBN2) were identified causing SCA5. To evaluate the clinical relevance of these mutations, we screened...
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