Article
Machado-Joseph disease of Azorean ancestry in Brazil: the Catarina kindred. Neurological, neuroimaging, psychiatric and neuropsychological findings in the largest known family, the "Catarina" kindred.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Mar 1993
Radvany J, Camargo C H, Costa Z M, Fonseca N C, Nascimento E D
Abstract excerpt
At the moment 9 seemingly independent families with the clinical diagnosis of MJD are known in Brazil. The largest family tree of Azorean ancestry contains 622 individuals in 9 generations. 236 were examined, 39 found to be affected by two examiners. Phenotypes I, II and III were expressed by 12,...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Azores
- Brazil
- Child
- Family Health
- Female
- Humans
- Machado-Joseph Disease
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- Male
- Middle Aged