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Recessive Ataxia With Ocular Motor Apraxia
Arch Neurol. 2001;58:173-174.
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A GROUP OF PORTUGUESE neurologists and epidemiologists, led by Paula
Coutinho, MD, PhD, and Jorge Sequiros, MD, PhD, launched a study of hereditary
ataxias and spastic paraplegias in 1993. Their stated purpose1
was to survey the prevalence and clinical and genetic bases of these illnesses
in a defined population. Their most recent report2
indicates that they have surveyed approximately half of the population of
Portugal, a country of 9.8 million persons. The advantages of this approach
are obvious. The distortions of case-based surveys and collections of patients
can be avoided. Incorrect diagnoses can be revised, clustering of patients
can be investigated, and clinical variations in known genetic syndromes can
be found. The unexpected also may be encountered, ie, a new disease or a new
genetic marker.
They found 107 patients with autosomal recessive ataxia, of which Friedreich
ataxia accounted for only 38%. Most neurologists working in this field would
have . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Arch Neurol. 2001;58(2):201-205.
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