Article
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
Abstract excerpt
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....
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Calcium Channels
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19
- DNA
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, Dominant
- Genotype
- Germany
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
