Open AccessA case of Spinocerebellar Ataxia from ethnic tribe of Assam
Author(s) -
Ashok K Kayal,
Munindra Goswami,
Manas Das,
Hussain Masaraf
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.82802
Subject(s) - tribe , ethnic group , spinocerebellar ataxia , girl , medicine , ataxia , genealogy , genetics , anthropology , biology , history , sociology , psychiatry
Here we present the case of a 17-year-old girl belonging to an ethnic tribe (Bodo tribe) of Assam, presenting with bilateral cerebellar signs and with history suggestive of an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, who was found to have spinocerebellar ataxia 7 on genetic testing. This case throws light on the probability of more such cases in the multi-ethnic society of the North-Eastern Indian states, which are not studied or reported till date.