Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1916508 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Four families from the same region of Cambodia immigrated to the Pacific Northwest of the United States. All four families have been discovered to have spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA 3; Machado-Joseph disease) with a similar clinical phenotype. CAG repeat expansions in the ATXN3 gene range from 72 to 77. Mean age of onset has varied from 19 to 44Â years and mean age at death of 4 individuals has been 60Â years. The prevalence of the various subtypes of SCA varies worldwide from country to country. Neurologists should be alert to the possibility of SCA 3 in Cambodian patients with unexplained cerebellar ataxia.
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Authors
Suman Jayadev, Sara Michelson, Hillary Lipe, Thomas Bird,