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Oculomotor deficits in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: Potential biomarkers of preclinical detection and disease progression.
CNS neuroscience & therapeutics - 1 Apr 2017
Wu Chao, Chen Ding-Bang, Feng Li, Zhou Xiang-Xue, Zhang Ji-Wei, You Hua-Jing, Liang Xiu-Ling, Pei Zhong, Li Xun-Hua
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AIMS: To detect specific oculomotor deficits in preclinical stage of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) and evaluate whether these abnormalities prove useful as potential biomarkers of disease progression. METHODS: A Chinese cohort of 56 patients with SCA3, including 12 preclinical carriers of SCA3 (pre-SCA3) and 44 manifest SCA3, and 26 healthy control individuals were recruited. We performed a detailed...
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