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Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay without Spasticity.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Dec 2021
Aida Izumi, Ozawa Tetsuo, Fujinaka Hidehiko, Goto Kiyoe, Ohta Kentaro, Nakajima Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by either homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the SACS gene. The original ARSACS cases found in Quebec showed very homogenous phenotypes characterized by cerebellar ataxia, spasticity, and polyneuropathy. However, many cases with atypical phenotypes have been found in other...
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