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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Slow saccades, postural/intention tremor, peripheral neuropathy, and decreased deep-tendon reflexes are valuable neurological signs for clinical suspicion of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). We report the presence of abnormally brisk deep-tendon reflexes in nonsymptomatic carriers and mildly and severely affected subjects of a large Argentinean SCA2 pedigree. The identification of this distinctive SCA2 phenotype in an entire pedigree reinforces the current concept that clinical algorithms are of limited value as indicators for genetic testing in SCA. Combined with published pedigrees of SCA2 manifesting as levodopa-responsive parkinsonism, this finding suggests that modifier genes could influence the clinical phenotype of SCA2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2005 Movement Disorder Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Argentina, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Genetic Testing, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Neurologic Examination, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Reflex, Stretch, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Spinocerebellar Ataxias, pubmed-meshheading:16108012-Statistics as Topic
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Brisk deep-tendon reflexes as a distinctive phenotype in an Argentinean spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 pedigree.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio de Neurogenética, Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, INIMEC-CONICET, Argentina. arosa@wsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't