title: Clinical and MRI findings in spinocerebellar ataxia type 5.
abstract: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA5), one of the genetically heterogeneous autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias, was assigned to chromosome 11 in a single family descending from the grandparents of President Abraham Lincoln. We report a second, apparently unrelated, SCA5 family of French origin. The overall clinical picture was a slowly progressive cerebellar syndrome beginning mostly in the third decade (27+/-10 years, range 14 to 40). MRI showed a marked global cerebellar atrophy similar to SCA6.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U289, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stevanin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brice
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dürr
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers