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Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition

Spinocerebellar ataxias are rare, genetically inherited diseases. Their typical symptoms include disturbances in gait, balance and uncoordinated movements, but these abnormalities, when appear at altitude, might also suggest high-altitude cerebral edema. We described the first clinical manifestation...

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Autores principales: Szymczak, Robert K, Sawicka, Magdalena, Pyrzowski, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35172005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac020
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description Spinocerebellar ataxias are rare, genetically inherited diseases. Their typical symptoms include disturbances in gait, balance and uncoordinated movements, but these abnormalities, when appear at altitude, might also suggest high-altitude cerebral edema. We described the first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia of a climber from Poland on a Karakoram expedition.
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spelling pubmed-93924262022-08-22 Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition Szymczak, Robert K Sawicka, Magdalena Pyrzowski, Jan J Travel Med Clinical Pearls Spinocerebellar ataxias are rare, genetically inherited diseases. Their typical symptoms include disturbances in gait, balance and uncoordinated movements, but these abnormalities, when appear at altitude, might also suggest high-altitude cerebral edema. We described the first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia of a climber from Poland on a Karakoram expedition. Oxford University Press 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9392426/ /pubmed/35172005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac020 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society of Travel Medicine. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle Clinical Pearls
Szymczak, Robert K
Sawicka, Magdalena
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Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title_full Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title_fullStr Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title_full_unstemmed Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title_short Climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on Karakoram expedition
title_sort climber exhibits first clinical manifestation of spinocerebellar ataxia on karakoram expedition
topic Clinical Pearls
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9392426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35172005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taac020
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