AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX-SAGUENAY
AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX-SAGUENAY
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DOI:
10.1017/s0317167100024793
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
BOUCHARD, RW
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作者:
BOUCHARD, JP;BARBEAU, A;BOUCHARD, RW
A new syndrome of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia has been isolated in the Charlevoix-Saguenay region of Quebec. This syndrome is remarkably homogeneous and includes: spasticity, dysarthria, distal muscle wasting, foot deformities, truncal ataxia, absence of sensory evoked potentials in the lower limbs, retinal striation reminiscent of early Leber's atrophy and the frequent presence (57%) of a prolapse of the mitral valve. Biochemically, many cases show impaired pyruvate oxidation, others have hyperbilirubinaemia and some have low serum β-lipoproteins and HDL apoproteins. These features are similar to those found in trypical Friedreich's ataxia.