title: Strachan's syndrome: variation on a theme.
abstract: We report two patients of Afro-Caribbean origin with an ataxic neuropathy combined with visual loss and deafness. In previous reports of a similar syndrome most patients have been malnourished and have had mucocutaneous lesions, features which were absent in our patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Cockerell
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Ormerod
mesh_terms: D001259:Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001361:Avitaminosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000209:etiology; D015417:Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D002365:Manihot / Q000009:adverse effects; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology