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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
The accuracy of the diagnostic criteria for Friedreich's ataxia proposed by Harding and by the Quebec Cooperative Study on Friedreich's Ataxia was studied in 142 patients with progressive unremitting ataxia of autosomal recessive inheritance or sporadic occurrence. Eighty-eight patients received the molecular diagnosis of Friedreich's ataxia. Traditional diagnostic criteria are characterized by high specificity, but they yield a high number of false-negative diagnoses. We suggest three levels of diagnostic certainty: (1) possible Friedreich's ataxia, defined as sporadic or recessive progressive ataxia with (a) lower limb areflexia and dysarthria, Babinski sign, or electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities, or (b) with lower limb retained reflexes and electrocardiographic repolarization abnormalities (95% sensitivity and 88% positive predictive value); (2) probable Friedreich's ataxia as defined by Harding's criteria (63% sensitivity and 96% positive predictive value) or by Quebec Cooperative Study on Friedreich's Ataxia criteria (63% sensitivity and 98% positive predictive value); (3) definite diagnosis, molecularly confirmed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1255-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Age of Onset, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Friedreich Ataxia, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Reference Standards, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11104216-Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Accuracy of clinical diagnostic criteria for Friedreich's ataxia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't