Itajaí, Santa Catarina – Azorean ancestry and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

ABSTRACT The authors present a historical review of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), the most common form of spinocerebellar ataxia in Brazil, and consider the high frequency of cases in families from Itajaí, a city on the coast of the state of Santa Catarina with a l...

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Main Authors: Hélio A. G. Teive, Adriana Moro, Walter O. Arruda, Salmo Raskin, Gladys M. G. Teive, Norberto Dallabrida, Renato P. Munhoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001000858&lng=en&tlng=en