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High frequency of Machado-Joseph disease identified in southeastern Chinese kindreds with spinocerebellar ataxia.
BMC medical genetics - 25 Mar 2010
Gan Shi-Rui, Shi Sheng-Sheng, Wu Jian-Jun, Wang Ning, Zhao Gui-Xian, Weng Sheng-Tong, Murong Shen-Xing, Lu Chuan-Zhen, Wu Zhi-Ying
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), caused by a CAG repeat expansion located in exon10 of the ATXN3 gene, is now regarded as one of the most common spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) in the world. The relative frequency of MJD among SCA has previously been estimated at about 50% in the Chinese po...
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