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Screening for premutation in the FMR1 gene in male patients suspected of spinocerebellar ataxia.
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Rajkiewicz Marta, Sułek-Piatkowska Anna, Krysa Wioletta, Zdzienicka Elzbieta, Szirkowiec Walentyna, Zaremba Jacek
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the molecular basis of the disorder in patients suspected of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) and search for premutation in the FMR1 gene causing FXTAS among patients in whom 9 SCA types were previously excluded. MATERIAL AND METHODS: DNA obtained from 1385 patients suspected of SCA and 516 controls were used for molecular tests. DNA analysis was...
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