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Novel mutations in the sacsin gene in ataxia patients from Maritime Canada.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jan 2010
Guernsey D L, Dubé M-P, Jiang H, Asselin G, Blowers S, Evans S, Ferguson M, Macgillivray C, Matsuoka M, Nightingale M, Rideout A, Delatycki M, Orr A, Ludman M, Dooley J, Riddell C, Samuels M E
Abstract excerpt
We ascertained two families in Eastern Canada segregating a form of ataxia consistent with a recessive mode of inheritance. We performed a whole genome scan using dense SNP genotyping, and despite an absence of shared homozygosity in the families we defined linkage to a small region on chromosome 13. Direct DNA resequencing was employed to screen biologically relevant candidate genes in the interval, and two...
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