CAG repeat expansion in an italian family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2): a clinical and genetic study.

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CAG repeat expansion in an italian family with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2): a clinical and genetic study.

European neurology - 1 Oct 1998

Malandrini A, Galli L, Villanova M, Palmeri S, Parrotta E, DeFalco D, Cappelli M, Grieco G S, Renieri A, Guazzi G

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We report an Italian family in which molecular genetic analysis showed expansion of CAG repeats indicative of the SCA2 genotype. This family confirms that ataxia, ophthalmoparesis and sensory peripheral neuropathy are the salient features of the SCA2 phenotype. In the present cases, early onset a...

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Adult
Biopsy
Brain
Dinucleotide Repeats
Female
Humans
Italy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Phenotype
Spinocerebellar Degenerations
Sural Nerve

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