Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Scientists Identify New Subtype of Ataxia

A new subtype of ataxia has been discovered by scientists. Ataxia is a rare disease without treatment that causes atrophy in the cerebellum and affects around 1.5 million people in the world. The results have been published online on April 29 in the journal iJAMA Neurology/i. The cause of ataxia is a diverse genetic alteration. For this reason it is classified in subtypes. The new subtype identified described by the researchers has been called SCA37. The ...

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