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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: genotype and phenotype in German kindreds.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jan 1998
Schöls L, Krüger R, Amoiridis G, Przuntek H, Epplen J T, Riess O
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OBJECTIVE: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is an autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) of which the mutation causing the disease has recently been characterised as an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat in the gene coding for the alpha1A-subunit of the voltage dependent calcium channel. The aim was to further characterise the SCA6 phenotype METHODS: The SCA6 mutation was investigated in 69 German...
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