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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2, an autosomal recessive neurodegeneration with prenatal onset, is characterised by progressive microcephaly and chorea/dystonia and has not previously been associated with muscular involvement. The gene associated with PCH-2 is unknown. An episode of rhabdomyolysis is reported in two non-related children with PCH-2, fatal in one, precipitated by intercurrent disease. Muscle biopsies in two other PCH-2 patients, and in one rhabdomyolysis patient whose biopsy antedated this complication showed areas of myofibrillar disruption or necrosis. Postmortem muscle sampled in another case without neuromuscular symptoms revealed focal necrosis, regenerating small fibres and upregulation of HLA-ABC. Random serum creatine kinase values in six other PCH-2 patients without clinical signs of neuromuscular involvement were increased in four. Collected data provide preliminary evidence of a subclinical myopathy associated with PCH-2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Chromosome Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Creatine Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Genes, Recessive, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-HLA Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Pons, pubmed-meshheading:17825555-Rhabdomyolysis
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Rhabdomyolysis in pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 2 (PCH-2).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Room # G8-211, Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.g.barth@amc.uva.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports