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SCA42 mutation analysis in a case series of Japanese patients with spinocerebellar ataxia.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2017
Kimura Mari, Yabe Ichiro, Hama Yuka, Eguchi Katsuki, Ura Shigehisa, Tsuzaka Kazufumi, Tsuji Shoji, Sasaki Hidenao
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a group of dominantly inherited heterogeneous disorders in which 43 subtypes have been identified to date. Recently, Japanese and French families with SCA type 42 (SCA42) were found to have a missense mutation (c.5144G>A; R1715H) in CACNA1G. We performed genetic analysis of 84 unrelated families to find the prevalence of SCA42 in Japan. Two families were found to have the...
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