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Mutation analysis of the TATA box-binding protein (TBP) gene in Chinese Han patients with spinocerebellar ataxia.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Oct 2009
Xu Q, Li X H, Wang J L, Jiang H, Zhang S, Lei L F, Shen L, Xia K, Pan Q, Long Z G, Tang B S
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 17 (SCA17) is a rare autosomal dominant progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by the CAG/CAA expansion in the TATA box-binding protein (TBP) gene. This study aimed to assess the frequency of SCA17 in patients from mainland China. Analysis of CAG/CAA expansion in this gene was performed in 263 patients consisting of 100 probands with dominantly inherited ataxias and 163 patients...
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