title: Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: clinical analysis of 263 patients from a homogeneous population in Holguín, Cuba.
abstract: We describe 263 patients with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia from the Holguín province, Cuba. There is evidence of a common ancestry and the population represents the largest homogeneous group of patients yet described. Primary features include gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysmetria, adiadochokinesia, cramps, tremor, hypotonia, abnormal reflexes, and slowed/limited eye movements. Age at onset ranged from 2 to 65 years. There was considerable clinical variability within the families. No patients had optic atrophy, spasticity, pigmentary retinal degeneration, or cogwheel rigidity, and only 1 had dementia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, V.I. Lenin Hospital, Holguín, Cuba.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orozco Diaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nodarse Fleites
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cordovés Sagaz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Auburger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype