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[A case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease with severe muscular atrophy and vertical gaze palsy].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Jul 2000
Oba N, Fujimoto Y, Hirata K, Ando N, Saida K
Abstract excerpt
Here we report a case of 56-year-old man with Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS). He had gait disturbance, limb and truncal ataxia, dysarthria and dysphagia at the age of 53. When he developed vertical gaze palsy and dystonic posture of the neck, subcortical dementia, progressive supuranuclear palsy was suspected. Thereafter dementia rapidly progessed, and CT scan showed severe atrophy of the brain....
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