(1) Neurological Institute, University of Vienna, Austria;(2) Neurological Department, Lainz Gerontological Hospital, Vienna, Austria;(3) Neurologisches Institut der Universität Wien, Schwarzspanierstraße 17, A-1090 Wien, Österreich
Abstract:
Summary A family with a dominantly inherited progressive cerebellar ataxia is described; four members of successive generations were affected. Neuropathological examination of one family member classified this disorder as hereditary cerebellar atrophy of Holmes type. An associated optic atrophy has not been previously reported in this disease.