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Dentatorubro-Pallidoluysian Atrophy (DRPLA) among 700 Families with Ataxia in Brazil.
Cerebellum (London, England) - 1 Aug 2017
Braga-Neto Pedro, Pedroso José Luiz, Furtado Gabriel Vasata, Gheno Tailise Conte, Saraiva-Pereira Maria Luiza, Jardim Laura Bannach, Barsottini Orlando G P
Abstract excerpt
Dentatorubro-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) very rare in non-Asian populations. To date, DRPLA was undetected in the general Brazilian population. Adult-onset ataxic patients have been recruited from several Brazilian neurology and neurogenetics centers. CAG lengths at SCA1, SCA2, SCA3/MJD, SCA6, SCA7, SCA12, SCA17 and DRPLA associated genes, and ATTCT expansions at SCA10 gene...
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