Paula Coutinho’s outstanding contribution to the definition of Machado-Joseph disease
Machado-Joseph disease, also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is the most common form of autosomal dominant ataxia in the world. Paula Coutinho, a highly-regarded Portuguese neurologist worldwide, had a seminal participation in the definition of ...
Bruno Carniatto Marques Garcia +4 more
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Is the High Frequency of Machado-Joseph Disease in China Due to New Mutational Origins? [PDF]
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD, also known as spinocerebellar ataxia 3 or SCA3) is the most common dominant ataxia worldwide, with an overall average prevalence of 1–5/100,000. To this date, two major ancestral lineages have been found throughout the world.
Tianjiao Li +22 more
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State biomarkers for Machado Joseph disease: Validation, feasibility and responsiveness to change [PDF]
Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD) is the most common spinocerebellar ataxia worldwide, and particularly so in Southern Brazil. Due to an expanded polyglutamine at ataxin-3, SCA3/MJD presents a relentless course with no current disease modifying treatment.
Gabriel Vasata Furtado +5 more
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Muscle excitability abnormalities in Machado-Joseph disease [PDF]
Objectives: To estimate the frequency of and to characterize muscle excitability abnormalities in Machado-Joseph disease (MJD). Design: Machado-Joseph disease is a common autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia caused by an unstable CAG trinucleotide repeat
Nucci, A +3 more
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Sentinel Node Biopsy and Lumpectomy in a Patient with Machado–Joseph Disease [PDF]
Spinocerebellar ataxia 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado–Joseph disease (MJD) is an autosomal dominant, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Patients present with cerebellar ataxia, dystonia, rigidity, and neuropathy that worsen with time.
N. N. Aldawoodi +3 more
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Cerebral cortex involvement in Machado-Joseph disease
FAPESP - FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULOCAPES - COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIORCNPQ - CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICOBackground and purpose: Machado-Joseph disease (MJD/SCA3 ...
Rezende, T. J. R. de +15 more
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T2-hyperintensity in the internal globus pallidus in Machado-Joseph disease [PDF]
Alex T. Meira +6 more
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Spinal cord damage in Machado-Joseph disease
Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3) is the most frequent spinocerebellar ataxia worldwide and characterized by remarkable phenotypic heterogeneity. MRI-based studies in SCA3 focused in the cerebellum and connections, but little is known about cord damage in ...
Lopes-Cendes, Iscia +11 more
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Importin-8 silencing reduces Ataxin-3 aggregation and alleviates Machado-Joseph disease/spinocerebellar ataxia type 3. [PDF]
Dataset for: Importin-8 silencing reduces Ataxin-3 aggregation and alleviates Machado-Joseph disease/Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 This repository contains the supplementary data and unprocessed raw datasets supporting the study of nucleocytoplasmic ...
Morgado Martins I +9 more
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Progression of Ataxia in Patients with Machado-Joseph Disease
Although ataxia is the most distressing manifestation of Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), little is known about its natural history. Therefore, we prospectively followed a cohort of patients with MJD for 13 months to characterize the progression of ataxia ...
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