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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Clinical Description and Roentgenologic Evaluation of Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, Volume 3, No. 4, Year 1976
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Description
The 50 patients in this survey were classified by a panel of neurologists into 4 clinical sub-groups: Group la (“typical” Friedreich's ataxia, complete picture), Group lb (“typical” Friedreich's ataxia, incomplete picture), Group Ila (“atypical” Friedreich's ataxia, possible recessive Roussy-Levy syndrome), Group lib (heterogeneous ataxias). The clinical symptoms and signs were analyzed for each of these groups. A constellation of signs constantly present in Friedreich's ataxia and obligatory for diagnosis was described. Other important symptoms, such as the Babinski sign, kyphoscoliosis and pes cavus were found to be progressive, but not essential for the diagnosis at any given time. Finally, a host of other symptoms can only be called accessory. The progression of scoliosis was found to be an important tool in the differential diagnosis of ataxias. Our study also indicates, in contrast to the opinion of some authors, that absent deep tendon reflexes in the lower limbs and early dysarthria are essential in “typical” Friedreich's ataxia. © 1976, Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geoffroy, Guy
Canada, Montreal
Centre Hospitalier de L'universite de Montreal
Barbeau, Andrã©
Canada, Montreal
Centre Hospitalier de L'universite de Montreal
Lemieux, Bernard G.
Canada, Montreal
Centre Hospitalier de L'universite de Montreal
Bouchard, Jean Pierre
Canada, Montreal
Centre Hospitalier de L'universite de Montreal
Statistics
Citations: 340
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0317167100025464
ISSN:
03171671
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative