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Brisk deep-tendon reflexes as a distinctive phenotype in an Argentinean spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 pedigree.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jan 2006
Rosa Alberto L, Molina Irma, Kowaljow Valeria, Conde Cecilia B
Abstract excerpt
Slow saccades, postural/intention tremor, peripheral neuropathy, and decreased deep-tendon reflexes are valuable neurological signs for clinical suspicion of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). We report the presence of abnormally brisk deep-tendon reflexes in nonsymptomatic carriers and mildly and severely affected subjects of a large Argentinean SCA2 pedigree. The identification of this distinctive SCA2...
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