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Selective forces acting on spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease recurrency: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 2021
Sena Lucas Schenatto, Dos Santos Pinheiro Jordânia, Saraiva-Pereira Maria Luiza, Jardim Laura Bannach
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD) is a dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat tract in ATXN3. Anticipation and worsening of clinical picture in subsequent generations were repeatedly reported, but there is no indication that SCA3/MJD frequency is changing. Thus, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on phenomena with potential effect...
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