Original Paper Received: July 21, 2014 Accepted: November 30, 2014 Published online: January 20, 2015
Eur Neurol 2015;73:173–178 DOI: 10.1159/000370239
Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7: A Neurodegenerative Disorder with Peripheral Neuropathy José Salas-Vargas a Jocelyn Mancera-Gervacio b Luis Velázquez-Pérez f Roberto Rodrígez-Labrada f Emilio Martínez-Cruz a Jonathan J. Magaña c Alfredo Durand-Rivera b Oscar Hernández-Hernández c Bulmaro Cisneros d Rigoberto Gonzalez-Piña b, e
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Centro de Rehabilitación e Inclusión Social de Veracruz, Xalapa, b División de Neurociencias and c Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, d Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, CINVESTAV-IPN, and e Universidad de las Américas, A.C., Mexico City, Mexico; f Centro para la Investigación y Rehabilitación de Ataxias Hereditarias, Holguín, Cuba
Key Words Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 · Neuropathy · Peripheral nerves · Neurophysiology
Abstract Background: Autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that typically show peripheral neuropathy. SCA7 is one of the rarest forms of SCA (
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7: a neurodegenerative disorder with peripheral neuropathy.
Autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that typically show peripheral neuropathy. SCA7 ...