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Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is associated with TDP-43 pathology

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid, 23590390 (to Y.T.), and 20240037 and 23240049 (to H.T.), for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, 1-757 Asahimachi, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8585, Japan

    Yasuko Toyoshima, Akiyoshi Kakita & Hitoshi Takahashi

  2. Department of Neurology, Shinrakuen Hospital, Niigata, Japan

    Hajime Tanaka & Mitsuteru Shimohata

  3. Department of Pathology, Shinrakuen Hospital, Niigata, Japan

    Kakuhei Kimura & Takashi Morita

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Toyoshima, Y., Tanaka, H., Shimohata, M. et al. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is associated with TDP-43 pathology. Acta Neuropathol 122, 375–378 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-011-0862-7

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