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Focal dystonia as a presenting sign of spinocerebellar ataxia 17.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Feb 2004
Hagenah Johann M, Zühlke Christine, Hellenbroich Yorck, Heide Wolfgang, Klein Christine
Abstract excerpt
We report on the clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia 17 (SCA17) in 3 members of a German family, in whom the pathological repeat expansion in the TATA-binding protein gene ranged from 53 to 55 repeats (normal: 29-42). The main clinical features were focal dystonia as presenting sign, followed by cerebellar ataxia, and, in the later course of one case, dementia and marked spasticity with signs of...
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