Article
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 in Russia.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jul 1996
Illarioshkin S N, Slominsky P A, Ovchinnikov I V, Markova E D, Miklina N I, Klyushnikov S A, Shadrina M, Vereshchagin N V, Limborskaya S A, Ivanova-Smolenskaya I A
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is one form of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) caused by trinucleotide (CAG) repeat expansion within a mutant gene. We investigated 25 patients from 15 Russian ADCA families for SCA1 mutation and found an expanded CAG repeat in 5 families. Mutant chromosomes contained 41-51 CAG repeats (mean 46.1, SD 3.1), and normal chromosomes displayed 21-27 repeat units (mean...
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