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Widening the clinical, radiological and genetic spectrum of autosomal recessive ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay in Indian patients.
Acta neurologica Belgica - 1 Apr 2024
Divya K P, Cherian Ajith, Dhing Hemanga Kumar, Kumar Savith, Thomas Bejoy, Faruq Mohammed
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BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS), classically presenting as a triad of early-onset cerebellar ataxia, lower extremity spasticity and peripheral neuropathy, is caused by mutations in SACS gene which encodes the protein sacsin. OBJECTIVE: To provide new insight into the occurrence of SACS mutations in South India. METHODS: Patients with three cardinal features of...
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