Neurophysiologic studies in early-onset cerebellar ataxia
| Autor: | Anneke Gabreëls-Festen, Berry Kremer, H. Jurgen Schelhaas, Bart P.C. van de Warrenburg, Maaike M. Bos, Machiel J. Zwarts, Catarina J Houtman, Hans Scheffer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Ataxia Physiology medicine.medical_treatment Neural Conduction Neurophysiology Sensory system Electromyography Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders [IGMD 3] Cognitive neurosciences [UMCN 3.2] Physiology (medical) medicine Perception and Action [DCN 1] Humans Age of Onset Spinocerebellar Degenerations Neurologic Examination Cerebellar ataxia biology medicine.diagnostic_test Middle Aged Transcranial magnetic stimulation Neurology Genetic defects of metabolism [UMCN 5.1] Frataxin biology.protein Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Age of onset Psychology Neuroscience Functional Neurogenomics [DCN 2] |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 23, 4, pp. 381-7 Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 23, 381-7 |
| ISSN: | 0736-0258 |
| Popis: | Contains fulltext : 49430.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) The discovery of the gene for Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) has not only broadened the FRDA phenotype, but has also identified patients with early-onset cerebellar ataxia who resemble FRDA clinically but who do not carry a mutation in the frataxin gene. In order to identify subgroups that may represent a uniform underlying disorder, we performed neurophysiologic studies, including nerve conduction studies, electromyography, and transcranial magnetic stimulation, in 15 patients with a slowly progressive, unexplained, early-onset cerebellar ataxia (EOCA). In addition, sural nerve biopsy data were available in four patients. The neurophysiologic data identified three distinctive groups of EOCA patients: three patients with normal motor and sensory conduction velocities and borderline sensory amplitudes (group 1); three patients with a mild, predominantly motor, axonal neuropathy (group 2); and nine patients with a highly uniform syndrome characterized by pyramidal features and a severe sensory and motor axonal neuropathy (group 3). We conclude that, on the basis of neurophysiologic studies, distinctive groups of patients with EOCA can be delineated, and that differentiation between patients with EOCA can be useful for differential diagnostic consideration. Whether this splitting also reflects a fundamental phenotypic difference and, therefore, may direct future DNA studies, remains to be established. |
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