Writer’s cramp in spinocerebellar ataxia Type 1

Dystonia can be encountered in a small subset of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), but task specific dystonia is extremely rare. We report a case of a 48-year-old male with confirmed SCA Type 1 (SCA1) with mild progressive cerebellar ataxia and a prominent and disabling Writer’s cramp. Thi...

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Main Authors: Geeta Anjum Khwaja, Abhilekh Srivastava, Vijay Vishwanath Ghuge, Neera Chaudhry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.186980