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Spastic Ataxia 8
A spastic ataxia that is characterized by onset of primarily motor dysfunction within the first year of life and that is caused by homozygous mutation in the NKX6-2 gene on chromosome 8q21.
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Overview
A spastic ataxia that is characterized by onset of primarily motor dysfunction within the first year of life and that is caused by homozygous mutation in the NKX6-2 gene on chromosome 8q21.
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