Saccade Velocity as a Surrogate Disease Marker in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2

Carola Seifried, Luis Velázquez‐Pérez, Nieves Santos‐Falcón, Michael Abele, Ulf Ziemann, Laura Almaguer, E Martínez-Góngora, Gilberto Sánchez‐Cruz, Nalia Canales, Ruth Pérez‐González,

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 27 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

We measured in 82 spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) patients and in 80 controls maximal saccade velocity (MSV) and correlated it to polyglutamine expansion size and disease duration. MSV is strongly decreased in SCA2 patients and is influenced mostly by polyglutamine size.

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