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Machado Joseph disease is not an allele of the spinocerebellar ataxia 2 locus.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 1994
Twist E C, Farrer L A, Macleod P M, Radvany J, Chamberlain S, Rosenberg R N, Rouleau G A
Abstract excerpt
Machado Joseph disease (MJD) is a progressive, spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance and almost complete penetrance. Clinically, it is difficult to distinguish it from other autosomal dominantly inherited ataxias, and it has been suggested that MJD may be caused by an allelic variant of SCA. Exclusion of MJD from the SCA1 locus on chromosome 6p has previously been...
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