FAMILIAL ATAXIA, DEAF-MUTISM, AND MUSCULAR WASTING
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- 1 November 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 13 (4), 307-311
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.13.4.307
Abstract
In a family of 7 siblings, 4 developed a condition similar to Friedrich''s ataxia with muscular wasting causing disability at the knee joint. 3 were deaf mutes, the 4th acquiring deafness. The literature is reviewed.Keywords
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