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Ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease due to mutations in the a-tocopherol transfer protein gene. In ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency, the biochemical ...
Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles; Millán, Jose M.; Sánchez, F.; Beneyto, M.; Nájera, C.(Springer-Verlag, 1998-06)
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In the current study, 12 Spanish families affected by type-I Usher syndrome, that was previously linked to chromosome 11q, were screened for the presence of mutations in the N-terminal coding portion of the motor ...
García-Planells, Javier; Burguera, Juan A.; Solís, Pilar; Millán, José M.; Ginestar Peiro, Damián; Palau, Francesc; Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles(John Wiley & Sons, 2005-05)
[EN] Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized clinically by progressive motor impairment, cognitive decline, and emotional deterioration. The disease is caused by the abnormal ...
[EN] Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is characterized by broad genetic heterogeneity with >50 known disease-associated genes. Mutations in some of these genes can cause a pure motor form of hereditary motor neuropathy, the ...
Casaña-Gargallo, María Pilar; Francisco Martínez; Saturnino Haya; Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles; José Antonio Aznar(Springer-Verlag, 2001-07)
[EN] Type I is the most frequent form of von Willebrand's disease, which is characterized by a quantitative partial deficiency of von Willebrand's factor. At present, only two mutations located in the D3 domain (C1149R, ...
Martín Ruiz, Eduardo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-07-29)
[ES] Las ataxias constituyen un grupo de enfermedades neurológicas caracterizadas por una amplia expresividad variable y una gran heterogeneidad genética que conllevan, entre otros, el deterioro de la capacidad de coordinación ...
Vázquez Calvo, Claudia(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-09-09)
[ES] Las ataxias cerebelosas son un grupo heterogéneo de enfermedades del sistema nervioso central de
carácter progresivo debidas a un proceso degenerativo que afecta a sistemas neuronales selectivos
del cerebelo y sus ...
Vidal Garcia, Clara(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-07-07)
[ES] La enfermedad de Wilson (EW) es un trastorno hereditario autosómico recesivo, con una prevalencia de 1/30.000, causado por mutaciones en ATP7B. Este gen codifica para una ATPasa transportadora de cobre, con expresión ...
López Nieto, Marta(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-07-25)
[ES] Las enfermedades raras (EERR) se definen en la Unión Europea como aquéllas que afectan a 1 persona de cada 2.000. Aunque una enfermedad rara afecta a muy pocos pacientes, se conocen más de 7.000 condiciones, por lo ...
Bustos Martínez, Isabel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-07-11)
[ES] Las ataxias hereditarias constituyen un grupo heterogéneo de trastornos del movimiento
caracterizados principalmente por una afectación progresiva en la estabilidad de la marcha y la
coordinación asociada a degeneración ...
Collado Padilla, Antonio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-09-06)
[ES] La enfermedad de Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) se caracteriza por una amplia heterogeneidad
genética con más de 80 genes implicados. Ésta se divide principalmente en dos grandes grupos en
función de estudios electrofisiológicos ...
[EN] Mutations in MORC2 lead to an axonal form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy type 2Z. To date, 31 families have been described with mutations in MORC2, indicating that this gene is frequently involved in axonal ...
Lupo,Vincenzo; Frasquet, Marina; Sánchez-Monteagudo, Ana; Pelayo-Negro, Ana; García-Sobrino, Tania; Sedano, María José; Pardo, Julio; Misiego, Mercedes; García-García, Jorge; Sobrido, María Jesús; Martínez-Rubio, Dolores; Chumillas, María José; Vilchez, Juan J.; Vázquez-Costa, Juan Francisco; Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles; Sevilla, Teresa(BMJ, 2018-12)
[EN] Background Mutations in the metalloendopeptidase (MME) gene were initially identified as a cause of autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 (CMT2). Subsequently, variants in MME were linked to other ...
Sivera, Rafael; Sevilla, T.; Vílchez, Juan Jesús; Martínez-Rubio, Dolores; Chumillas, María José; Vázquez, Juan Francisco; Muelas, Nuria; Bataller, Luis; Millán, José María; Palau, Francesc; Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles(Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - American Academy of Neurology, 2013-10-29)
[EN] Objectives: To determine the genetic distribution and the phenotypic correlation of an extensive series of patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in a geographically well-defined Mediterranean area.
Methods: A ...
Pineda, Merce; Montero, Raquel; Aracil, Asunción; O'Callaghan, Mar M.; Mas, Ana; Espinós-Armero, Carmen Ángeles; Martínez-Rubio, Dolores; Palau, Francesc; Navas, Placido; Briones, Paz; Artuch, Rafael(John Wiley & Sons, 2010-07-15)
[EN] We assessed the clinical outcome after coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)) therapy in 14 patients presenting ataxia classified into two groups according to CoQ(10) values in muscle (deficient or not). We performed an open-label ...
Guillot Fernández, Marina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-07)
[ES] Las ENACH o NBIA (Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation) comprenden un grupo heterogéneo de enfermedades hereditarias que suelen presentar depósitos de hierro en el cerebro, principalmente en los ganglios ...
[EN] Genetic predisposition to celiac disease (CD) is determined primarily by the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes (CELIAC1 region; 6p21), although many loci are involved in disease susceptibility. First, we have analysed ...
[EN] Four private mutations responsible for three forms demyelinating of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) or hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) have been associated with the Gypsy population: the NDRG1 p.R148X in CMT ...
[EN] Wilson's disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by ATP7B mutations. Subjects with only one mutation may show clinical signs and individuals with biallelic changes may remain asymptomatic. We aimed to ...