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Three Cases of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2) and Pediatric Literature Review: Do Not Forget Trinucleotide Repeat Disorders in Childhood-Onset Progressive Ataxia

open access: yesBrain Sciences
Background: Childhood-onset progressive ataxias are rare neurodegenerative disorders characterized by cerebellar signs, sometimes associated with other neurological or extra-neurological features.
Jacopo Sartorelli   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epilepsy in spinocerebellar ataxia type 8: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 is an uncommon genetic condition and presents with gait disturbances, ataxia, dysarthria, nystagmus, and cognitive and psychiatric abnormalities.
Arun Swaminathan
doaj   +1 more source

Phenotype variability and early onset ataxia symptoms in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7: comparison and correlation with other spinocerebellar ataxias

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2015
The spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by heterogeneous clinical presentation. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) is caused by an abnormal CAG repeat expansion ...
Marcus Vinicius Cristino de Albuquerque   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Spinocerebellar Ataxias in Taiwan

open access: yesActa Neurologica Taiwanica
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by inherited progressive cerebellar ataxia with or without other associated features. The clinical presentations of these affected SCA patients are very heterogeneous.
Chia-Ju Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spinocerebellar ataxia types 1, 2, 3, and 6: disease severity and nonataxia symptoms. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors that determine disease severity and clinical phenotype of the most common spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs), we studied 526 patients with SCA1, SCA2, SCA3. or SCA6.
Baliko L   +30 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) to Brazilian Portuguese

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Introduction: The clinical assessment of patients with ataxias requires reliable scales. We aimed to translate, adapt and validate the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS) into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: The steps of this study were
Fernanda Aparecida Maggi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Itajaí, Santa Catarina – Azorean ancestry and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
The authors present a historical review of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), the most common form of spinocerebellar ataxia in Brazil, and consider the high frequency of cases in families from Itajaí, a city on the coast of
Hélio A. G. Teive   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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