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Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease in an Alsatian family: clinical and genetic studies.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Mar 1992
Tranchant C, Doh-ura K, Warter J M, Steinmetz G, Chevalier Y, Hanauer A, Kitamoto T, Tateishi J
Abstract excerpt
The clinical progression of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease in a family of Alsatian origin is reported. The age of onset and the duration of evolution were variable. The clinical picture became more complex over the generations: in the first generations, isolated dementia and in later generations a triad of pyramidal, pseudobulbar syndromes and dementia associated with spinal cord and cerebellar features....
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