title: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 in the South of Brazil: the Amerindian-Belgian connection.
abstract: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 10 (SCA10) is a rare form of autosomal dominant ataxia found predominantly in patients from Latin America with Amerindian ancestry. The authors report the history of SCA10 families from the south of Brazil (the states of Paraná and Santa Catarina), emphasizing the Belgian-Amerindian connection.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hélio Afonso Ghizoni
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Teive
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moscovich
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Walter Oleskho
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Renato Puppi
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Munhoz
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Genetika, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Salmo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raskin
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Humanas e Educação, Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gladys Mary Ghizoni
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Teive
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Humanas e Educação, Universidade Estadual de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dallabrida
authors.affiliation: Mc Knight Brain Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashizawa
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium / Q000208:ethnology; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D042622:DNA Repeat Expansion; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American / Q000208:ethnology*; D008377:Maps as Topic; D010641:Phenotype; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000208:ethnology*