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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
SCA1 is a dominant spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) and a multi-systemic syndrome caused by abnormal expansion of unstable CAG repeat in a novel gene located on chromosome 6p22-p23. We clinically studied 35 Japanese SCA1 patients who were assumed to have come from a common origin. The age at onset ranged from 15-63 years, and significantly correlated with CAG repeat units of mutant alleles. Ataxia was the initial symptom, and the majority of patients had a similar history of signs and symptoms. Nystagmus was at first minimal, later attenuated, and a slow saccade followed. Limb tendon reflexes were mostly hyperactive and depressed with the development of diffuse amyotrophy. The cardinal feature was ataxia-hyperreflexia-late slow saccade syndrome with terminal amyotrophy. Although the phenotype of SCA1 overlaps with those of other dominant SCAs, some facets of the neurological events differ from either SCA2 with ataxia-hyporeflexia-slow saccade syndrome, or early-onset Machado-Joseph disease with dystonia-bradykinesia-spasticity syndrome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0001-6314
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical features and natural history of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't