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The authors thank all the patients who participate in this study and their families, as well as people involved in the collection of samples; the Netherlands Brain Bank (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) for providing brain tissue of the controls; and A. Ingrassia and Dr W.D. van de Berg for technical support in the immunohistochemistry experiments. This study was supported by the “CIBERNED,” the “Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad—“Gobierno de España” (AIB2010PT-00182) and “Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI12/00742),” and the “Xunta de Galicia, Dirección Xeral de Investigación, Desenvolvemento e Innovación” (10 PXIB 9101 280 PR). CB was recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia”—FCT [SFRH/BPD/63121/2009] until January 2013, and is presently supported by the Medical Research Council (UK).
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Bettencourt, C., de Yébenes, J.G., López-Sendón, J.L. et al. Clinical and Neuropathological Features of Spastic Ataxia in a Spanish Family with Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutations in STUB1 . Cerebellum 14, 378–381 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-014-0643-7
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