A syndrome of olivopontocerebellar atrophy and deafness with onset in infancy.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00419.x

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A syndrome of olivopontocerebellar atrophy and deafness with onset in infancy.

Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 1995

Pratap-Chand R, Gururaj A K, Dilip-Kumar S

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Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) is rare in childhood and onset in infancy is uncommon. We encountered 11 consecutive children with clinical and radiological features of OPCA which started in infancy. In addition to cerebellar ataxia, these children also had sensorineural deafness and speech i...

Topics

Brain Stem
Cerebellum
Cerebral Ventricles
Child
Child, Preschool
Cisterna Magna
Deafness
Female
Humans
Language Development Disorders
Male
Neurologic Examination
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
Phenotype
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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