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SCA 1, SCA 2 & SCA 3/MJD mutations in ataxia syndromes in southern India.
The Indian journal of medical research - 1 Nov 2007
Krishna Nithin, Mohan Surendra, Yashavantha B S, Rammurthy A, Kiran Kumar H B, Mittal Uma, Tyagi Shivani, Mukerji Mitali, Jain Sanjeev, Pal Pramod Kumar, Purushottam Meera
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are often caused by expansions of CTG/ CAG trinucleotide repeat in the genome. Expansions at the SCA1, 2 and 3 loci are the most frequent, but differences in their relative proportion in regions occur across the world. We carried out this study to assess the occurrence of SCA1, 2 and 3, at a tertiary neuro-psychiatric center in Bangalore, Karnataka. METHODS:...
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