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The unique co-occurrence of spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) and Huntington disease.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jan 2013
Roxburgh Richard H, Smith Corrie O, Lim Jung G, Bachman David F, Byrd Erica, Bird Thomas D
Abstract excerpt
We present a unique thirty-nine year old woman with both Huntington's disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10). She has 48 CAG repeats in the HD gene and 2511 ATTCT repeats in the ATX10 gene. Although both conditions are repeat expansion diseases they are thought to have quite different pathogenic mechanisms. The symptomatic age of onset in this patient (mid30s) is within the expected range for her...
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