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  • Title: Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with cerebellar atrophy (HMSNCA): clinical and neuropathological features of a Japanese family.
    Author: Sekijima Y, Ohara S, Nakagawa S, Tabata K, Yoshida K, Ishigame H, Shimizu Y, Yanagisawa N.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 1998 Jun 11; 158(1):30-7. PubMed ID: 9667774.
    Abstract:
    We report clinicopathological features of a Japanese family with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy associated with cerebellar atrophy (HMSNCA). Four affected members from a single generation were examined. They shared common clinical features, including insidious onset in teenage, slowly progressive cerebellar ataxia, amyotrophy, sensory disturbance, and dementia. In addition, all the patients showed hypoalbuminemia and hyperlipidemia and a marked atrophy of the cerebellum on magnetic resonance images. Autopsy of the proband revealed a severe loss of Purkinje cells, degeneration of posterior columns and spinocerebellar tracts of the spinal cord, and a marked loss of myelinated and unmyelinated fibers in the peripheral nerves. We consider that HMSNCA is a distinct form of hereditary multisystem neuronal degeneration.
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