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Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) and Huntington's disease-like 4 (HDL4).
Cerebellum (London, England) - 1 Jan 2008
Stevanin Giovanni, Brice Alexis
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) or Huntington's disease-like-4 is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion above 44 units of a CAG/CAA repeat in the coding region of the TATA box binding protein (TBP) gene leading to an abnormal expansion of a polyglutamine stretch in the corresponding protein. Alleles with 43 and 44 repeats have been identified in sporadic cases and their pathogenicity remains...
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