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Kanwal K. Grewal
Researcher at St. John's University
Publications - 2
Citations - 52
Kanwal K. Grewal is an academic researcher from St. John's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ataxia & Spastic. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 45 citations.
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VAMP1 Mutation Causes Dominant Hereditary Spastic Ataxia in Newfoundland Families
Cynthia V. Bourassa,Inge A. Meijer,Nancy D. Merner,Kanwal K. Grewal,Mark Stefanelli,Kathleen A. Hodgkinson,Elizabeth Ives,William Pryse-Phillips,Mandar Jog,Kym M. Boycott,David Grimes,Sharan Goobie,Richard Leckey,Patrick A. Dion,Guy A. Rouleau +14 more
TL;DR: This report identifies vesicle-associated membrane protein 1 (VAMP1), which encodes a critical protein for synaptic exocytosis, as the responsible gene for dominantly inherited hereditary spastic ataxia in three large Newfoundland families.
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A founder effect in three large Newfoundland families with a novel clinically variable spastic ataxia and supranuclear gaze palsy.
Kanwal K. Grewal,Mark Stefanelli,Inge A. Meijer,Collette K. Hand,Guy A. Rouleau,Elizabeth Ives +5 more
TL;DR: The phenotype is striking in its diversity among and within families and the variability of expression can be observed within the same sibship and Identification of the SAX1 gene will help to clarify the pathogenesis of this type of HSA.