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Evidence for a new spinocerebellar ataxia locus.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 May 1997
Higgins J J, Pho L T, Ide S E, Nee L E, Polymeropoulos M H
Abstract excerpt
The autosomal dominant ataxias (ADA) are a diverse group of multisystem, neurodegenerative disorders characterized by mutations at several chromosomal loci (SCA types 1-5, SCA type 7, DRPLA). We excluded all the known SCA loci by mutational and linkage analyses is an American family of British origin with ADA and document that an additional ataxia locus must exist. The clinical characteristics and ethnic origin...
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