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SCA2 presenting as levodopa‐responsive parkinsonism in a young patient from the United Kingdom: A case report
Author(s) -
Wilkins Alastair,
Brown Jerry M.,
Barker Roger A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10715
Subject(s) - parkinsonism , spinocerebellar ataxia , levodopa , trinucleotide repeat expansion , ethnic group , pediatrics , medicine , degenerative disease , phenotype , psychiatry , psychology , neuroscience , ataxia , central nervous system disease , genetics , gene , pathology , disease , biology , parkinson's disease , political science , allele , law
We report on a young woman from the United Kingdom with L ‐dopa–responsive parkinsonism with a trinucleotide repeat expansion in her spinocerebellar ataxia 2 (SCA2) gene. The case further extends the phenotype of SCA2 and emphasizes the importance of SCA screening in young‐onset parkinsonism, irrespective of ethnic origin. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society