Article
Molecular analysis of a de novo mutation for spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 and (CAG)n repeat units in normal elder controls.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 26 Nov 1998
Shizuka M, Watanabe M, Ikeda Y, Mizushima K, Okamoto K, Shoji M
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is an autosomal dominant spinocerebellar degenerative disease caused by CAG repeat expansions in the human alpha1A voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit gene (CACNL1A4). We analyzed 15 SCA6 patients in 14 unrelated Japanese families and 52 healthy Japanese...
Topics
- Aged
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Reference Values
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Spinocerebellar Degenerations
