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

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20160125
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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 large population of Portuguese/Azorean descent.

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Teive, H. A. G., Moro, A., Arruda, W. O., Raskin, S., Teive, G. M. G., Dalabrida, N., & Munhoz, R. P. (2016, October 1). Itajaí, Santa Catarina - Azorean ancestry and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. Associacao Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. https://doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20160125

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