Machado-Joseph disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
By Dr. Claire Martin, MD · · Neurology
Our Neurology team put together this overview of Machado-Joseph disease for patients and families.
About this topic
Topic: Machado-Joseph disease. An autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by slow degeneration of the hindbrain and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) in the ATXN3 gene.
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