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Genetic diagnosis and acetazolamide treatment of familial hemiplegic migraine.
Brain & development - 1 Apr 2011
Omata Taku, Takanashi Jun-ichi, Wada Takahito, Arai Hidee, Tanabe Yuzo
Abstract excerpt
A female patient presented with horizontal gaze nystagmus, mild cerebellar ataxia, recurrent headache and hemiplegia since childhood with cerebellar atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging. Genetic analysis revealed a CACNA1A gene mutation, leading to a diagnosis of familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM1). FHM is very rare, but should be considered as a differential diagnosis for childhood cerebellar symptoms and/or...
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