A case of Spinocerebellar Ataxia from ethnic tribe of Assam

Here we present the case of a 17-year-old girl belonging to an ethnic tribe (Bodo tribe) of Assam, presenting with bilateral cerebellar signs and with history suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, who was found to have spinocerebellar ataxia 7 on genetic testing. This case thro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kayal, Ashok K., Goswami, Munindra, Das, Marami, Masaraf, Hussain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3141476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21808476
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.82802
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Sumario:Here we present the case of a 17-year-old girl belonging to an ethnic tribe (Bodo tribe) of Assam, presenting with bilateral cerebellar signs and with history suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, who was found to have spinocerebellar ataxia 7 on genetic testing. This case throws light on the probability of more such cases in the multi-ethnic society of the North-Eastern Indian states, which are not studied or reported till date.

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