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Acoustics* ; Dysarthria*

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Dysarthria ; Skull ; Skull Base ; Tongue

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Dysarthria* ; Hypoglycemia* ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

We experienced two suspected cases of hereditary cerebellar ataxia of ten years and right years aged boys who brothers. The patients manifested progressive wide base ataxic gait, incordination, intention tremor, impaired balance and dysarthria. A bries review of related literature is also presented.
Cerebellar Ataxia* ; Dysarthria ; Gait ; Humans ; Siblings* ; Tremor

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify related factors of stress, social support and rehabilitation motivation of stroke survivors and analyze their relationship. METHOD: A sample of 106 stroke survivors completed face-to-face interviews. The levels of stress, social support and rehabilitation motivation were measured by the Neuman's stress, Multidimentional Scale Perceived Social Support and Han's Rehabilitation Motivation, respectively. The t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation were conducted using the SPSS 17.0. RESULTS: The mean scores of stress, social support and rehabilitation motivation were 3.3 (SD=0.76), 3.2 (SD=0.88), and 3.4 (SD=0.49) respectively. Compared to stroke survivors who had no spouses, those with spouses had a lower level of stress (t=9.52, p=.003), a higher level of social support (t=7.32, p=.008) and a higher level of rehabilitation motivation (t=15.39, p=.001). The rehabilitation motivation was significantly higher in stroke survivors with higher education (F=5.00, p=.001), more monthly income (F=15.39, p=.001), greater income satisfaction (F=3.80, p=.026), shorter duration of disease (F=3.64, p=.030) and absence of dysarthria (t=6.81, p=.010). Stress, social support and rehabilitation motivation are significantly related with each other. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that these significant factors should be considered when caring for stroke survivors.
Dysarthria ; Humans ; Motivation ; Spouses ; Stroke ; Survivors

Chondromas are benign tumor of cartilaginous tissue that is rarely found in spine. The authors document a rare case of a 72 year old male patient with a cervical spinal chondroma compressing the spinal cord. The patient had symptoms of motor and sensory deficits, dysphagia and dysarthria. C1 and C2 laminotomy was done and the spinal tumor was removed. The patient gradually recovered from his previous symptom after the surgery.
Chondroma* ; Deglutition Disorders ; Dysarthria ; Humans ; Laminectomy ; Male ; Spinal Cord* ; Spine*

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8), originally described in a family characterized by pure cerebellar ataxia, is caused by the expansion of combined CTA/CTG repeats on chromosome 13q21. We experienced a 26-year-old man who presented with a 10-years history of slowly progressive gait ataxia, dysarthria and blepharospasm. We performed genetic studies for SCA1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8, and detected CTA/CTG repeat expansion in the SCA8 gene. We now report the first Korean familial case of SCA8 confirmed by genetic study.
Adult ; Blepharospasm ; Cerebellar Ataxia ; Dysarthria ; Gait Ataxia ; Humans ; Spinocerebellar Ataxias*

Acute cerebellitis is a clinically isolated condition showing cerebellar signs such as ataxia, dizziness and dysarthria. Most of them are associated with viral infection, which generally occur in childhood and show benign course without sequelae. Tuberculous cerebellitis is very rare and its outcome is not well described. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features and course in a patient with tuberculous cerebellits. We will also discuss the possible prognostic factors in acute cerebellitis.
Adult ; Ataxia ; Cerebellum ; Dizziness ; Dysarthria ; Encephalitis ; Humans ; Tuberculosis

While acute anemia is regarded as a precipitating factor of ischemic stroke, there have been few reports on the evolution of infarction in the acute period of ischemic stroke by anemia. We describe a 71-year-old man with acute multiple territory infarction who had progressive neurologic deficits of paraparesis and dysarthria. This case suggests that sustained severe anemia due to intractable intestinal bleeding is an important cause of aggravation of ischemic stroke.
Anemia ; Dysarthria ; Hemorrhage ; Infarction ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Paraparesis ; Precipitating Factors ; Stroke

Dysarthria ; etiology ; Encephalitis, Viral ; complications ; Facial Paralysis ; etiology ; Humans ; Syndrome