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Profile of extrapyramidal manifestations in 85 patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, 2 and 3.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Jun 2014
Jhunjhunwala Ketan, Netravathi M, Purushottam Meera, Jain Sanjeev, Pal Pramod Kumar
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and type of extrapyramidal signs (EPS) in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) type 1, 2 and 3. Eighty-five patients with genetically confirmed SCA (SCA1=40, SCA2=28, SCA3=17) were evaluated for the prevalence and types of EPS. Forty-one SCA patients (48.2%) had one or more types of EPS. The prevalence of EPS was 60.7% in SCA2, 52.9% in SCA3, and 37.5% in SCA1. Among SCA2...
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