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View Post: The correlation between magnetic resonance imaging features of the ...
2 hours ago by Xiaochun Liang, Hong Jiang, Changqing Chen,...  
Worldwide spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, also known as Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), is the most common SCA subtype. In China the reported frequency of SCA3/MJD is about 50% of SCAs. The disease-causing gene MJD1 has been mapped to ...
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View Post: Was Lincoln's Melungeons family Muslim
14 Nov 2009 by Moin Ansari  
Familial Mediterranean Fever, thallasemia and Machado Joseph Disease (also know as Azorean Disease) are all strong indicators that Melungeons are indeed of mixed Mediterranean, Middle Eastern North African and African descent. ...
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View Post: Director of Alzheimer's Disease Center honored<br>with first ...
28 Sep 2009 by aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu (Aline McKenzie)  
“I am honored that my colleagues in the World Federation of Neurology have recognized my efforts to develop the study of molecular genetics in neurological diseases, from Machado-Joseph disease to Alzheimer's disease,” Dr. Rosenberg ...
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View Post: Australian Labor Party : Machado Joseph Disease sufferers
31 Oct 2008 by Australian Labor Party  
The Australian Government today pledged $1.7 million to support Machado Joseph Disease (MJD) sufferers and their families in the Northern Territory. The Australian Government recognises the very disabling impact of this disease on local ...
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View Post: Proteotoxic stress increases nuclear localization of ataxin-3
19 Oct 2009 by Reina, C. P., Zhong, X., Pittman, R. N.  
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)/ Machado Joseph disease (MJD) results from expansion of the polyglutamine domain in ataxin-3 (Atx3). Atx3 is a transcriptional co-repressor, as well as a deubiquitinating enzyme that appears to ...
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View Post: what is machado-joseph disease
29 Dec 2007 by planetultramarathon  
machado-joseph disease (mjd)-also called spinocerebellar ataxia type 3-is a rare hereditary ataxia. (ataxia is a general term meaning lack of muscle control.) the disease is characterized by clumsiness and weakness in the arms and legs, ...
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View Post: Civilian's service dog a rare sight in Japan
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