Parkinsonian phenotype in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD/SCA3): a two-case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder of late onset, which is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the coding region of the <it>ATXN3 </it&g...

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Main Authors: Vasconcelos João, Rizzu Patrizia, Coutinho Paula, Santos Cristina, Bettencourt Conceição, Kay Teresa, Cymbron Teresa, Raposo Mafalda, Heutink Peter, Lima Manuela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/11/131