| | eMedicine - Ataxia-Telangiectasia : Article by Sergiusz Jozwiak, MD, PhD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | From this early stage, ataxia is associated with abnormal head movements and is slowly and steadily progressive; however, the normal development of motor skills between ages 2-5 years tends to mask the progression of ataxia, so that parents may report an actual improvement in gait. |
 | | The observation that approximately 70% of mutations in the ATM gene known to date appear to encode truncated proteins with premature stop codons will allow for application of such assays as the protein truncation test, which is capable of detecting a single mutated allele. |
 | | Foray N, Priestley A, Alsbeih G, et al: Hypersensitivity of ataxia telangiectasia fibroblasts to ionizing radiation is associated with a repair deficiency of DNA double-strand breaks. |
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