SCA-7: Distrofia de conos-bastones en el seno de una ataxia hereditaria
2005
CLINICAL CASE: A 21-year-old male presented with bilateral loss of visual acuity within the last year, and cerebellar ataxia since childhood. Two members of his family had a similar disorder. Examination showed bilateral central scotomas, as well as an electroretinogram pattern and optic coherence tomography images consistent with cone-rod dystrophy. Molecular analysis by PCR amplification and genotyping of the SCA7 gene established the diagnosis of SCA-7. DISCUSSION: SCA-7 is a polyglutamine expansion disorder and the only spinocerebellar ataxia that shows a cone-rod dystrophy phenotype, which probably results from interference with the action of specific cone-rod genes.
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