Open AccessGerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease: A case report
Author(s) -
Mingming Zhao,
Lei Feng,
Shuai Hou,
Pingping Shen,
Li Cui,
Jiachun Feng
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i3.389
Subject(s) - medicine , ataxia , dysarthria , spinocerebellar ataxia , disease , pediatrics , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , audiology , radiology , psychiatry
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease is an inherited prion disease that is clinically characterized by the early onset of progressive cerebellar ataxia. The incidence of GSS is extremely low and it is particularly rare in China. Therefore, clinicians may easily confuse this disease with other diseases that also cause ataxia, resulting in its under-diagnosis or misdiagnosis.