Article
Molecular and clinical studies in SCA-7 define a broad clinical spectrum and the infantile phenotype.
Neurology - 1 Oct 1998
Benton C S, de Silva R, Rutledge S L, Bohlega S, Ashizawa T, Zoghbi H Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To screen for the SCA-7 mutation in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) families and study genotype/phenotype correlations. BACKGROUND: The association of cerebellar ataxia and progressive pigmentary macular dystrophy clinically defines a distinct form of ADCA classified as SCA-7. SCA-7 is caused by expansion of a highly unstable CAG repeat that lies in the coding region of a novel gene on...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
