Hereditary haemochromatosis is unlikely to cause movement disorders--a critical review
| Autor: | Kailash P. Bhatia, Thomasin C. Andrews, Mark J. Edwards, Michael O’Brien, Noemi Russo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Pathology Neurology Movement disorders Iron Neurological disorder Disease Basal Ganglia Central nervous system disease Diagnosis Differential Huntington's disease medicine Humans Laryngeal dystonia Family Health Movement Disorders Chorea Middle Aged medicine.disease Huntington Disease Hepatic Encephalopathy Disease Progression Female Neurology (clinical) Hemochromatosis medicine.symptom Psychology Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion |
| Zdroj: | Journal of neurology. 251(7) |
| ISSN: | 0340-5354 |
| Popis: | Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a common autosomal recessive systemic iron overload disorder in which CNS manifestations, particularly movement disorders, have been reported. We report a 63-year-old woman with familial HH with a four-year history of progressive gait disturbance, chorea, and mild cervical and laryngeal dystonia. Her movement disorder was thought to be related to the haemochromatosis. On further investigation, analysis for the Huntington's disease expansion was positive. A review of the seven published cases of movement disorders associated with HH as well as data concerning brain iron deposition in this condition leads us to debate the causal link between movement disorders and HH. We suggest that movement disorders are rare in association with HH, and that such patients should be thoroughly investigated for another cause for their movement disorder. |
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