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Machado-Joseph disease of Azorean ancestry in Brazil: the Catarina kindred. Neurological, neuroimaging, psychiatric and neuropsychological findings in the largest known family, the "Catarina" kindred.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Mar 1993
Radvany J, Camargo C H, Costa Z M, Fonseca N C, Nascimento E D
Abstract excerpt
At the moment 9 seemingly independent families with the clinical diagnosis of MJD are known in Brazil. The largest family tree of Azorean ancestry contains 622 individuals in 9 generations. 236 were examined, 39 found to be affected by two examiners. Phenotypes I, II and III were expressed by 12, 23 and 4 patients with age of onset by phenotypes being 10-48, 14-54 and 30-55 respectively. Although clinically more...
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