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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2015

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease manifested as spastic paraplegia: A clinical and genetic study.

Yanmin Song, Yunhai Liu, Ning Zhang, Lili Long

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanmin SongDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
Yunhai LiuDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
Ning ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
Lili LongDepartment of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China.
Central South University · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to conduct a familial investigation and provide a genetic diagnosis to a family presenting with spastic paraplegia and clinically diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Blood samples were obtained from the family, and mutations in the gene causing spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)/Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), known as MJD1, were analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction, 8% denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and T-vector ligation and sequencing. The trinucleotide repeat number of the mutant allele was 80, leading to a genetic diagnosis of SCA3/MJD. This suggests that patients with SCA3/MJD characteristically present with typical spastic paraplegia without evident manifestations of ataxia. For those families with HSP involving the nervous system and showing genetic anticipation, an MJD1 genetic diagnosis should be considered to assist in clinical diagnosis of HSP.

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CAG trinucleotide repeatsgenetic anticipationhereditary spinocerebellar ataxia type 3Machado-Joseph disease genemutation analysisspastic paraplegia

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