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Autosomal dominant motor system degeneration in a black family
Author(s) -
Cooper Joanna A.,
Nakada Tsutomu,
Knight Robert T.,
Friedland Robert P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410140515
Subject(s) - degeneration (medical) , motor system , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , pathology
Autosomal dominant motor system degeneration has been described primarily in Portuguese families from the Azorean Islands. The symptoms include various combinations of ataxia, pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs, appendicular dystonias, tics, ophthalmoplegias, and peripheral neuropathies with amyotrophy. One non Portuguese, non‐Azorean black family has been described previously; this report describes a second such family affected by autosomal dominant motor system degeneration.