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Two novel homozygous SACS mutations in unrelated patients including the first reported case of paternal UPD as an etiologic cause of ARSACS.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Mar 2011
Anesi Laura, de Gemmis Paola, Pandolfo Massimo, Hladnik Uros
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay, more commonly known as ARSACS, is an early-onset cerebellar ataxia with spasticity, amyotrophy, nystagmus, dysarthria, and peripheral neuropathy. SACS is the only gene known to be associated with the ARSACS phenotype. To date, 55 mutations have been reported; of these, only five in Italian patients. We found two novel homozygous nonsense mutations in the...
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