Article
RFC1 repeat expansion in Japanese patients with late-onset cerebellar ataxia.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2020
Tsuchiya Mai, Nan Haitian, Koh Kishin, Ichinose Yuta, Gao Lihua, Shimozono Keisuke, Hata Takanori, Kim Yeon-Jeong, Ohtsuka Toshihisa, Cortese Andrea, Takiyama Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
Recently, the expansion of an intronic AAGGG repeat in the replication factor C subunit 1 (RFC1) gene was reported to cause cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS). In Europeans, the expansion accounted for 22% of sporadic patients with late-onset ataxia. We genotyped 37 Japanese patients comprising 25 familial (autosomal recessive or undecided transmission) and 12 sporadic ones with...
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