Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 79-87 , 15 January 2010

Novel mutations in the sacsin gene in ataxia patients from Maritime Canada

  • D.L. Guernsey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • M.-P. Dubé

      Affiliations

    • Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • H. Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • G. Asselin

      Affiliations

    • Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • S. Blowers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • S. Evans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Maritime Medical Genetics, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • C. Macgillivray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Matsuoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Nightingale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • A. Rideout

      Affiliations

    • Maritime Medical Genetics, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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  • M. Delatycki

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Lefroy Center for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Genetic Health Services, Royal Children's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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  • A. Orr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Ludman

      Affiliations

    • Maritime Medical Genetics, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
    • ,
  • J. Dooley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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  • C. Riddell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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  • M.E. Samuels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre de Recherche du CHU Ste-Justine, Local A-733, 3175, Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal QC, Canada H3T 1C5. Tel.: +1 514 345 4931 p4265; fax: +1 514 345 4801.

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 29 September 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00894-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.09.034

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 79-87 , 15 January 2010

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