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Non-Ataxic Phenotypes of SCA8 Mimicking Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Parkinson Disease
BACKGROUND Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 8 (SCA8) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of untranslated CTA/CTG triplet repeats on 13q21. The phenomenology of SCA8 is relatively varied when compared to the other types of SCAs and its spectrum is not well established. CASE REPORT Two newly detected cases of SCA8 with the nonataxic phenotype and unusual clinical...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
سال: 1888
ISSN: 0022-3018
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-188804000-00004