학술논문
Itajaí, Santa Catarina – Azorean ancestry and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. October 2016 74(10)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0004-282X
Abstract
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.