Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 in China: molecular analysis and genotype-phenotype correlation in nine families.
Sixteen patients from nine Chinese families with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) were heterozygous for a CAG repeat expansion in the SCA2 gene containing 37 to 56 repeats, whereas the normal alleles carried 14 to 28 repeats. One or two CAA triplets within the CAG tract were seen in normal, but not in the expanded alleles. A strong inverse correlation was established between the number of CAG repeats and the age of disease onset. SCA2 accounted for 12% of the known Chinese families with spinocerebellar ataxia.
Clinical Neurogenetics Unit, Medical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4129, USA.
Y X
YX
Zhou
G X
GX
Wang
B S
BS
Tang
W D
WD
Li
D A
DA
Wang
H S
HS
Lee
N
N
Sambuughin
L S
LS
Zhou
S
S
Tsuji
B X
BX
Yang
L G
LG
Goldfarb
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005838:Genotype; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000235:genetics*; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats