A Case of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2. |
Sanghoon Hong, Geun Ho Lee, Dae Woong Yang, Wookjang Lee, Bakee Lee, Jong Won Kim |
1Department of Neurology, Dankook Medical center, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea. 2Department of Pediatrics, Dankook Medical center, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Clinical Pathology, Samsung Medical center, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea. |
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Abstract |
This is a case of a boy with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (SCA type 2), which was confirmed by DNA analysis. A 9-year-old boy had been suffering from tremor in both arm and leg for 5 years. After traffic accident, a year ago, the symtoms were more aggravated, and he visted our hospital. The boy showed slow saccades, decreased DTR, ataxic gait and limb ataxia. We analyzed DNA repetition, which revealed positive for the SCA2 expanded repeat. |
Key Words:
Trinucleotide repeats, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia |
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