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Recent Advances in Hereditary Spinocerebellar Ataxias

2005; Oxford University Press; Volume: 64; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jnen/64.3.171

1554-6578

Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Richard J. Sinke, Berry Kremer,

Neurological disorders and treatments

In recent years, molecular genetic research has unraveled a major part of the genetic background of autosomal dominant and recessive spinocerebellar ataxias. These advances have also allowed insight in (some of) the pathophysiologic pathways assumed to be involved in these diseases. For the clinician, the expanding number of genes and genetic loci in these diseases and the enormous clinical heterogeneity of specific ataxia subtypes complicate management of ataxia patients. In this review, the clinical and neuropathologic features of the recently identified spinocerebellar ataxias are described, and the various molecular mechanisms that have been demonstrated to be involved in these disorders are discussed.