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SCA1 patients may present as hereditary spastic paraplegia and must be included in spastic-ataxias group.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Oct 2015
Pedroso José Luiz, de Souza Paulo Victor Sgobbi, Pinto Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende, Braga-Neto Pedro, Albuquerque Marcus Vinicius Cristino, Saraiva-Pereira Maria Luiza, Jardim Laura Bannach, Barsottini Orlando Graziani Povoas
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The combination of cerebellar ataxia and spasticity is common. However, autosomal dominant genetic diseases presenting with spastic-ataxia are a smaller group. Pyramidal signs have been frequently observed in several SCA subtypes, particularly in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. METHODS: We prospectively evaluated the pyramidal signs and spasticity in SCA1 patients, and correlated the data with...
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