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Spinocerebellar ataxia 7 (SCA7) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder with variable expression first described in 1937 [2]. The main signs are cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria, dysphagia and a variable retinal involvement first of the macula, later of the retinal periphery.
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Puech, B., Stevanin, G., Zanlonghi, X. (2014). Spinocerebellar Ataxia 7. In: Puech, B., De Laey, JJ., Holder, G. (eds) Inherited Chorioretinal Dystrophies. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69466-3_28
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