Article
[Familial occurrence of FXTAS caused by premutation in the FMR1 gene].
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Koziorowski Dariusz, Rajkiewicz Marta, Sułek-Piątkowska Anna, Zaremba Jacek, Kaca-Oryńska Małgorzata, Mandat Tomasz, Friedman Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
The FMR1 gene premutation has recently been reported to be associated with a neurodegenerative syndrome, characterized by intention tremor, gait ataxia and cognition deficits in persons older than 50 years. We present a 74-year-old man with very severe intention tremor, slight postural tremor and gait ataxia. The molecular analysis revealed that he was a carrier of 91 CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene. His sister (68...
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