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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10: Frequency of epilepsy in a large sample of Brazilian patients.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Dec 2010
Teive Hélio A G, Munhoz Renato P, Raskin Salmo, Arruda Walter O, de Paola Luciano, Werneck Lineu C, Ashizawa Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by an ATTCT repeat intronic expansion in the SCA10 gene. SCA 10 has been reported in Mexican, Brazilian, Argentinean and Venezuelan families. Its phenotype is overall characterized by cerebellar ataxia and epilepsy. Interestingly, Brazilian patients reported so far showed pure cerebellar ataxia, without epilepsy. Here, authors provide...
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