Chronic thalamic stimulation in a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2. |
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| Authors: | Walter Pirker Claude Back Willibald Gerschlager Franco Laccone Francois Alesch |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. walter.pirker@univie.ac.at |
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| Abstract: | We report on a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA 2) with an unusual clinical presentation, including severe, disabling resting and action tremor and the successful treatment of this tremor syndrome with chronic thalamic stimulation. Using [(123)I]beta-CIT single photon emission computed tomography, we document a marked degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in SCA 2. |
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| Keywords: | spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 resting tremor action tremor thalamic stimulation |
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