C9ORF72 Intermediate Repeat Expansion in a Patient With Psychiatric Disorders and Progressive Cerebellar Ataxia
Conclusions: Early psychiatric presentations are a recurrent phenotypic manifestation of C9ORF72 expansions. In our patient, the intermediate C9ORF72 repeat expansion may have a pathogenic role in the cooccurrence of psychiatric and sleep disorders, cognitive dysfunctions, pyramidal system involvement, and late-onset cerebellar ataxia. This observation widens the spectrum of neurodegenerative conditions linked to C9ORF72 mutations.
Source: The Neurologist - Category: Neurology Tags: Case Report/Case Series Source Type: research
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