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Cerebellar ataxia, anterior horn cell disease, learning difficulties, and dystonia: a new syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2000

Jo M Wilmshurst ,
Robert Surtees ,
Tim Cox  and
Richard O Robinson
Jo M Wilmshurst
Affiliation:
Paediatric Neurology, Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Robert Surtees
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Health, London,UK.
Tim Cox
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Richard O Robinson
Affiliation:
Newcomen Centre, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
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Abstract

The following case reports describe a new condition of cerebellar ataxia, anterior horn cell disease, dystonia, and learning difficulties. Four cases are described. The condition appears to be of autosomal recessive inheritance as the group is made up of two pairs of sisters. All cases were evident by 3 years of age. Anterior horn cell disease was of a type not previously described at this age in association with cerebellar ataxia. Further genetic studies suggest the condition is not allelic with spinal muscular atrophy having no evidence of deletion of the survival motor neurone gene.

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Case Reports
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 42 , Issue 11 , November 2000 , pp. 775 - 779
Copyright
2000 Mac Keith Press

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