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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 was not found in Korean Parkinsonian patients.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Sept 2008
Cho Jin Whan, Kim Sung Yeon, Park Sung Sup, Jeon Beom S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Parkinsonism (PD) is occasionally seen in several types of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA). Mutations in SCA gene have been reported in the patients of parkinsonism without ataxia. METHODS: We examined spinocerebellar ataxia type 12 mutation in 877 PD and 199 multiple system atrophy (MSA) patients. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: No patients showed abnormal SCA12 expansion. It suggests that PD and MSA are not...
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