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SUBMITTER: Shukla A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241222 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shukla Anju A Upadhyai Priyanka P Shah Jhanvi J Neethukrishna K K Bielas Stephanie S Girisha K M KM
European journal of medical genetics 20161129 2
Inherited ataxias are an extremely heterogeneous group of disorders. Autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 20 (SCAR20) is a recently described disorder characterized by intellectual disability, ataxia, coarse facial features, progressive loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum and often hearing loss and skeletal abnormalities. Mutations in the gene SNX14, which plays an important role in autophagy, have been found to cause SCAR20. The unique clinical findings of progressive coarsening of f ...[more]