Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: clinical analysis of 263 patients from a homogeneous population in Holguín, Cuba.

doi:10.1212/wnl.40.9.1369

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Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: clinical analysis of 263 patients from a homogeneous population in Holguín, Cuba.

Neurology - 1 Sept 1990

Orozco Diaz G, Nodarse Fleites A, Cordovés Sagaz R, Auburger G

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We describe 263 patients with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia from the Holguín province, Cuba. There is evidence of a common ancestry and the population represents the largest homogeneous group of patients yet described. Primary features include gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysmetria, adiadochok...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cerebellar Ataxia
Child
Child, Preschool
Cuba
Female
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Phenotype

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