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Voice Alterations in Patients With Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7 (SCA7): Clinical-Genetic Correlations.
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation - 1 Jan 2017
Gómez-Coello Annel, Valadez-Jiménez Victor Manuel, Cisneros Bulmaro, Carrillo-Mora Paul, Parra-Cárdenas Martha, Hernández-Hernández Oscar, Magaña Jonathan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of a cytosine-adenine-guanine triplet located in the coding region of the ATXN7 gene, which is characterized by cerebellar ataxia, pigmentary macular degeneration, and dysarthria. Although dysarthria is a common feature in various SCA, its clinical characterization has been barely...
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