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SCA6 mutation analysis in a large cohort of the Japanese patients with late-onset pure cerebellar ataxia.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Jan 1998
Yabe I, Sasaki H, Matsuura T, Takada A, Wakisaka A, Suzuki Y, Fukazawa T, Hamada T, Oda T, Ohnishi A, Tashiro K
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is caused by small CAG repeat expansion in the gene encoding the alpha1A-voltage-dependent-calcium channel subunit (CACNLIA4) on chromosome 19p13, and is a subgroup of the late-onset pure cerebellar ataxia (ADCA III). To investigate the prevalence of SCA6 in the Japanese, we analyzed this mutation in 23 families and 12 probands with ADCA III. The specificity and stability of...
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