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Adult-onset spinocerebellar ataxia syndromes due to MTATP6 mutations.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Sept 2012
Pfeffer Gerald, Blakely Emma L, Alston Charlotte L, Hassani Adam, Boggild Mike, Horvath Rita, Samuels David C, Taylor Robert W, Chinnery Patrick F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spinocerebellar ataxia syndromes presenting in adulthood have a broad range of causes, and despite extensive investigation remain undiagnosed in up to ∼50% cases. Mutations in the mitochondrially encoded MTATP6 gene typically cause infantile-onset Leigh syndrome and, occasionally, have onset later in childhood. The authors report two families with onset of ataxia in adulthood (with pyramidal...
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