A Chinese case of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) with orthostatic tremor:case report and literature review on tremor in FXTAS

Abstract Background Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late onset, X-linked genetic, neurodegenerative disorder caused by a “premutation (PM)” in the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Here we report a case of FXTAS from mainland of China who presented with rare orthos...

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Main Authors: Cuiping Zhao, Yiming Liu, Yihua Wang, Hongyan Li, Bin Zhang, Yaoxian Yue, Jianyuan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Neurology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-020-01726-z