A Case of Friedreich's Ataxia with Optic Atrophy as an Initial Clinical Manifestation.
- Author:
Ji Hoe HEO
1
;
Oh Young BANG
;
Jun Shik MOON
;
Il Nam SUNWOO
;
Tai Seung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology and Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- MeSH:
Friedreich Ataxia*;
Incidence;
Optic Atrophy*;
Peripheral Nervous System;
Vision Disorders
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1994;12(3):562-565
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The incidence and the nature of visual involvement in Friedreich's ataxia who showed progressive visual impairment a few years before developing characteristic clinical manifestations of Friedreich's ataxia. The progress of disease in this case suggests that visual involvement may be from the same pathogenetic mechanism of peripheral nervous system in Friedreich's ataxia.
