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Structural and immunocytochemical features of olivopontocerebellar atrophy caused by the spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA-1) mutation define a unique phenotype.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Jan 1995
Robitaille Y, Schut L, Kish S J
Abstract excerpt
Neuropathological investigations performed on autopsied brain and spinal cords from 11 patients showed that spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA-1) can be distinguished from autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxia linked to SCA-2 and -3 loci on chromosomes 12 and 14, spinopontine, and the multisystem atrophies. The major diagnostic criteria were: absence of significant pars compacta nigral and locus coeruleus...
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