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Dopa‐responsive parkinsonism phenotype of Machado‐Joseph disease: Confirmation of 14q CAG expansion
1 Oct 1995
Abstract excerpt
The subtype IV of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), characterized by parkinsonism variably combined with ataxia, distal atrophy, and sensory loss, has been all but ignored in recent reports of MJD, including those describing the molecular biologic substrate of the disease. We have demonstrated expansion of the CAG trinucleotide repeat of the MJD1 gene located on chromosome 14q32.1 in 2 patients of Azorean descent who...
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