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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 in Brazil.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Sept 2008
Teive Hélio A G, Munhoz Renato Puppi, Raskin Salmo, Werneck Lineu César
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA 6) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia caused by CAG repeat expansion in the SCA6 gene, a alpha 1A voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit gene on chromosome 19p13. SCA-6 is characterized predominantly by slowly progressive pure cerebellar ataxia with late onset. We report three index patients, with pure, late onset, cerebellar ataxia, belonging to three different...
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