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Table 1 Genetic causes of ataxia in Finnish patients with ataxic disorders

From: Molecular epidemiology of hereditary ataxia in Finland

Gene

Inheritance

Mutations (Patient ID and repeat number when available)

Patients (N)

ATXN8/OS

AD

trinucleotide repeat expansion (P1 118, P2 98, P3 139, P4 190, P5 90, P6 125, P7 90)

7

CACNA1A

AD

c.3414dup p.Lys1139fs (P22), c.5629-2A > G15 (P23, P24)

3

SAMD9L

AD

c.2672 T > C p.Ile891Thr

1

FMRI

XLD

trinucleotide repeat expansion (P31 60)

1

POLG

AR

c.2243C > G p.Trp748Ser/ c.2243C > G p.Trp748Ser

6

RFC1

AR

pentanucleotide repeat expansion AAGGGexp

5

SACS

AR

[c.3298G > A p.Glu1100Lys; c.4466A > G, p.Asn1489Ser]/c.4076 T > C p.Met1359Thr14

3

FXN

AR

trinucleotide repeat expansion (P25 970/970)

2

RARS2

AR

c.773G > A p.Arg258His/p.Ala369fs

1

ATM

AR

c.1813del p.His605fs/c.8672G > A p.Gly2891Asp

1

MT-ATP6/8

M

m.8561C > G

2

mtDNA

de novo

mtDNA deletion 4.5 kb

1

No genetic diagnosis

  

63

Total

  

96

  1. GenBank reference sequences: ATM: NM_001351834.2, NP_000042.3; CACNA1A: NM_001127221.2, NP_001120693.1; mtDNA: NC_012920; POLG: NM_002693.3, NP_001119603.1; RARS2: NM_020320.5, NP_001337434.1; SACS: NM_014363.6, NP_055178.3; SAMD9L: NM_001303496.3, NP_001290425.1
  2. AD autosomal dominant, AR autosomal recessive, M mitochondrial, XLD X-chromosomal dominant