Hypomorphic mutations in POLR3A are a frequent cause of sporadic and recessive spastic ataxia.
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Brain. 2017 Jun 1;140(6):1561-1578. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx095.
Brain. 2017.
PMID: 28459997
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First, whole-exome sequencing findings in a recessive spastic ataxia family turned our attention to intronic variants in POLR3A, a gene previously associated with hypomyelinating leukodystrophy type 7. Next, we screened a cohort of hereditary spastic paraplegia and …
First, whole-exome sequencing findings in a recessive spastic ataxia family turned our attention to intronic variants in POLR3A, a gene prev …