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Urodynamic Evaluation of Patients with Hereditary Ataxias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

J.G. Vezina ,
J.P. Bouchard  and
R. Bouchard
J.G. Vezina
Affiliation:
l’Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Quebec City
J.P. Bouchard
Affiliation:
l’Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Quebec City
R. Bouchard
Affiliation:
l’Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Quebec City
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Seventeen patients with Friedreich’s ataxia or spastic ataxia were subjected to an urodynamic evaluation. Fifty-three per cent (53%) of the patients presented with urinary symptoms consisting of urgent micturition and urgency incontinence. Cystometric evaluation showed a lack of inhibition of the detrusor in 7 patients (41%). Abnormal electric hyperactivity of the external sphincter was documented in 6 cases (37.5%) by electromyography. Some hypotheses are presented to explain the etiology of these abnormal findings.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 1982 , pp. 127 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1982

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