Bulbospinal muscular atrophy (Kennedy disease) responsive to immunoglobulins?
Kennedy disease
immunoglobulins
motor neuron disease
phenotype
polyglutamine disease
polyneuropathy
Journal
Clinical case reports
ISSN: 2050-0904
Titre abrégé: Clin Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101620385
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
23
11
2019
revised:
30
03
2020
accepted:
02
04
2020
entrez:
23
7
2020
pubmed:
23
7
2020
medline:
23
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A 61 year old man with facial diplegia, quadruparesis, tongue atrophy/fasciculations, bulbar speech, muscle weakness/wasting, hypotonia, tremor, dysdiadochokinesia, absent tendon reflexes, fasciculations, and gynecomastia, received immunoglobulins for suspected immune-neuropathy with limited benefit. After reconsideration, Kennedy disease was diagnosed upon 44 CAG repeats in
Identifiants
pubmed: 32695362
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2899
pii: CCR32899
pmc: PMC7364100
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1223-1225Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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