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View Post: AJHG - Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 31 Is Associated with “Inserted ...
29 Oct 2009
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 31 (SCA31) is an adult-onset autosomal-dominant neurodegenerative disorder showing progressive cerebellar ataxia mainly affecting Purkinje cells. The SCA31 critical region was tracked down to a 900 kb ...
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View Post: Good Grief « Chronic Illness Pain Daily Devotionals
7 Nov 2009 by Rest Ministries  
In early 2005, after several weeks of testing, several Mayo clinic neurologists agreed that I had spinocerebellar ataxia of the degenerative type. The word “ataxia” means “absence or loss of order.” Based on testing and my past history, ...
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View Post: Infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia and mitochondrial recessive ...
5 Sep 2008 by Hakonen, AH, Goffart, S., Marjavaara, S.,...  
Infantile-onset spinocerebellar ataxia (IOSCA) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder caused by the recessive mutation in PEO1, leading to a Y508C change in the mitochondrial helicase Twinkle, in its helicase domain. ...
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View Post: spinocerebellar degeneration symptoms - Health Resources - Health ...
6 Sep 2009 by Tiny  
Ataxias and Cerebellar or Spinocerebellar Degeneration Information Page . Ataxias and Cerebellar/Spinocerebellar Degeneration information sheet compiled by . used to describe this set of symptoms, it is sometimes also used to refer . -> ...
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View Post: Health Care Articles: One Liter of Tears: "Spinocerebellar ...
3 Jun 2009 by Kaede  
Spinocerebellar ataxia is one of a group of genetic disorders characterized by slowly progressive incoordination of gait and often associated with poor coordination of hands, speech, and eye movements. Frequently, atrophy of the ...
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View Post: Paris: Macro-roles for MicroRNAs in the Life - Alzforum: News
13 Oct 2009
Drosophila is providing Bonini with a useful way of exploring what makes these proteins with abnormal numbers of glutamines toxic, with a focus on spinocerebellar atrophy type 3 (SCA3). When the gene for the abnormal SCA3 protein, ...
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View Post: one liter of tears - spinocerebellar atrophy
8 Jun 2009 by keiko XL  
you would found that it's a very real and touched story, and it has also a copy of novel that stated her story. for those who watch this before, how much you understand bout this disease? spinocerebellar atrophy ...
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View Post: Mutant Gene May Have Affected Abe Lincoln
30 Jan 2007 by Administrator  
The discovery may provide a new explanation for spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA5) – a disease previously tied to a human version of the gene and identified in 11 generations of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's family, starting with ...
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View Post: Any good tragedy books?
6 Nov 2009 by Leif  
At the tender age 15, Aya Kitou was diagnosed with a rare disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration, a disease which eventually affects her nervous system. Through the next few years she slowly loses her ability to walk, speak, ...
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