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Unique cerebellar-cerebral form of autosomal recessive ataxia.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Sept 2005
Matsubara Etsuro, Nagata Tetsuya, Kageyama Yasuhiko, Shiote Mito, Namba Reiko, Nagano Isao, Shoji Mikio, Abe Koji
Abstract excerpt
We describe a unique condition affecting two siblings with a form of progressive spinocerebellar ataxia. After a period of very slowly progressive ataxia, the patients developed an extremely accelerated progression of the condition which consisted of cerebellar ataxia, seizure, progressive dementia and spastic tetraparesis. Age of onset was variable at 7 to 18 years. Brain magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed...
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