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  • Title: [A case of Leber's hereditary optical atrophy in a family with evident signs of hereditary degenerative neuropathy].
    Author: Brignolio F, Cognazzo A, Artaz C.
    Journal: Arch Sci Med (Torino); 1969 Jul; 126(7):470-4. PubMed ID: 17340845.
    Abstract:
    Reference is made to a case of Leber's disease in a patient with other slight neurological signs of the type encountered in hereditary ataxias. The importance of the case lies in the following points: (a) very early onset (this is a rare finding: 2.5% of cases, according to Ronne); (b) the presence of nervous abnormalities of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth amyotrophy type and of hereditary spinal of cerebellar ataxia in some of the 35 members of the patient's family, with or without optical atrophy; (c) the prevalence of the disease, though not to the total exclusion of females, suggesting a primarily diagynic multifactorial form of transmission. The main features of the case are compared with those reported in the literature.
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