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Ataxia is a disorder of balance and coordination resulted from dysfunctions involving cerebellum and its afferent and efferent connections. While a variety of disorders can cause secondary ataxias, the list of genetic causes of ataxias is growing longer.
Umar, Akbar, Tetsuo, Ashizawa
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Análisis de los antecedentes históricos del proceso de rehabilitación en pacientes hemipléjicos
La rehabilitación del paciente hemipléjico se ha convertido en un importante problema médico – social; esta enfermedad es la tercera causa de muerte en el mundo desarrollado, así como la primera de invalidez en los adultos, por las secuelas motoras ...
Robiel Jesús Pozo Sánchez+2 more
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Background: Progressive ataxias are complex disorders that result in a wide variety of symptoms. Whilst we currently have a relatively good understanding of the spectrum of symptoms associated with the various types of ataxia, and their progression over ...
Julie Greenfield+4 more
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Background: Progressive ataxias are complex disorders that result in a wide variety of symptoms. Whilst we currently have a relatively good understanding of the symptom patterns associated with the various types of ataxia, and how these diseases progress
Julie Greenfield+4 more
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Modulating mental state recognition by anodal tDCS over the cerebellum
Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and clinical studies has demonstrated cerebellar involvement in social cognition components, including the mentalizing process.
Silvia Clausi+4 more
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This article introduces the background and common etiologies of ataxia and provides a general approach to assessing and managing the patient with ataxia.Ataxia is a manifestation of a variety of disease processes, and an underlying etiology needs to be investigated.
Tetsuo, Ashizawa, Guangbin, Xia
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The attitude of patients with progressive ataxias towards clinical trials
Background The development of new therapies may rely on the conduct of human experimentation as well as later clinical trials of therapeutic interventions.
Gilbert Thomas-Black+10 more
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A new FRDA mouse model [Fxnnull:YG8s(GAA) > 800] with more than 800 GAA repeats
IntroductionFriedreich’s ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited recessive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a homozygous guanine-adenine-adenine (GAA) repeat expansion within intron 1 of the FXN gene, which encodes the essential mitochondrial protein frataxin.
Ester Kalef-Ezra+10 more
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Background Little is known about the costs of treating ataxia and whether treatment at a specialist ataxia centre affects the cost of care. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients who attended specialist ataxia centres in three European
Stephen Morris+9 more
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