ISSN:
1432-1920
Keywords:
Key words Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome
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Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
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Transferrin
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Stroke-like episodes
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome is a newly recognised genetic disorder characterised by mental retardation, liver disfunction during infancy, cerebellar ataxia and atrophy, polyneuropathy, growth retardation, stroke-like episodes, and the appearance of carbohydrate-deficient fractions of multiple glycoproteins in the serum. The neuroradiological findings have been known as features of olivopontocerebellar atrophy. However, whether the abnormalities in the cerebellum and brain stem progress after birth is not known. We have carried out serial CT and MRI on three Japanese patients with this syndrome at different ages. A small cerebellum, with peculiar enlargement of the cisterna magna, and a small brain stem are present in infancy and atrophy of the anterior vermis and from before backwards in the cerebellar hemispheres seem to progress throughout early childhood.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00600103
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