Machado-Joseph disease
An autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by slow degeneration of the hindbrain and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) in the ATXN3 gene. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007636 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 ]
Term info
Machado-Joseph disease
- Azorean disease
- MJD
- SCA3
- spinocerebellar ataxia 3
- spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
DO_FlyBase_slim, NCIthesaurus
OMIM mapping confirmed by DO. [SN].
disease_ontology
DOID:1440