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[The broad phenotypic spectrum of SCA-3: hereditary spastic paraplegia].
Medicina - 1 Jan 2013
Rodríguez-Quiroga Sergio A, González-Morón Dolores, Arakaki Tomoko, Garreto Nélida, Kauffman Marcelo A
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is the most frequent dominantly inherited spinocerebellar ataxia. A marked phenotypic variability is a characteristic of this disorder that could involve non-cerebellar presentations. Based on several case reports describing pyramidal dysfunction as the main symptom at onset, a clinical form resembling hereditary spastic paraplegia has been proposed. We report here two further cases...
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