The history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 in Brazil: travels of a gene
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
;
65(4a): 965-968, dez. 2007. ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The authors report the history of spinocerebellar ataxia 10 (SCA10), since its first report in a large Portuguese-ancestry Family with autosomal dominant pure cerebellar ataxia, till the final identification of further families without Mexican ancestry. These families present a quite different phenotype from those SCA10 families described in Mexico.
RESUMO
Os autores apresentam a história da descoberta da ataxia espinocerebelar tipo 10 (AEC10) no Brasil, desde o primeiro relato em uma família com ancestrais portugueses com ataxia cerebelar pura, autossômica dominante, até a identificação de famílias sem ancestrais mexicanos. Essas famílias apresentam um fenótipo de AEC10, com ataxia cerebelar "pura", distinta daquele descrito nas famílias no México.
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Main subject:
Spinocerebellar Ataxias
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Mutation
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
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Mexico
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychiatry
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Paraná/BR
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Genetika Laboratory/BR
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University of Texas Medical Branch/US
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