Clinical features of chromosome 16q22.1 linked autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia in Japanese.

Onodera, Y; Aoki, M; Mizuno, H; Warita, H; Shiga, Y; Itoyama, Y · Neurology · 2006

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Chromosome 16q22.1-linked autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (16q-ADCA) is strongly associated with a substitution in the puratrophin-1 gene. This locus overlaps with spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4) which shows ataxia with prominent sensory axonal neuropathy. We found that 16q-ADCA is a common ADCA subtype in the Tohoku District of Japan. The clinical feature of Japanese 16q-ADCA is characterized as late-onset pure cerebellar ataxia.

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