| Literature DB >> 28490766 |
Mari Kimura1, Ichiro Yabe1, Yuka Hama1, Katsuki Eguchi1,2, Shigehisa Ura3, Kazufumi Tsuzaka2, Shoji Tsuji4, Hidenao Sasaki1.
Abstract
Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a group of dominantly inherited heterogeneous disorders in which 43 subtypes have been identified to date. Recently, Japanese and French families with SCA type 42 (SCA42) were found to have a missense mutation (c.5144G>A; R1715H) in CACNA1G. We performed genetic analysis of 84 unrelated families to find the prevalence of SCA42 in Japan. Two families were found to have the previously reported missense mutation. Clinical presentations of the affected members of these families were similar to those of the previously reported French and Japanese families. Our study demonstrates that SCA42 exists in small numbers in Japan, and further supports the idea that SCA42 is a slowly progressive, pure cerebellar ataxia.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28490766 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2017.51
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hum Genet ISSN: 1434-5161 Impact factor: 3.172