Torticollis after electrocution.
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A Abdallat
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Familial dystonia and visual failure with striatal CT lucencies.
A unique disorder is described in seven members of two families in whom dystonia was variably associated with subacute visual loss or asymptomatic optic atrophy, and striking bilateral symmetrical lucencies on CT scan, especially involving the putamen. It is possible that this is a variant of Leigh's disease. However, there were considerable differences between these patients and those with pathologically proven Leigh's disease. This condition must be excluded in all patients thought to have idiopathic dystonia, subacute visual failure similar to Leber's optic neuropathy, or a combination of these disorders.
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Disordered pigmentation, spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy in three siblings: a new neurocutaneous syndrome.
Three siblings in a Jordanian family presented with a distinctive syndrome consisting of disordered skin and hair pigmentation, progressive spastic paraparesis and peripheral neuropathy. Sural nerve biopsy revealed axonal degeneration and skin biopsy showed abnormal epidermal pigmentation. Skin fibroblast repair studies were normal. No underlying biochemical defect has been found in this previously undescribed neurocutaneous syndrome.
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Different B lymphocyte alloantigens associated with multiple sclerosis in Arabs and North Europeans.
The frequencies of HLA and B-lymphocyte alloantigens were investigated in 32 Arab patients with clinically definite or early probable multiple sclerosis (M.S.) and compared with those found in 43 healthy Arab controls. A significant association was found between M.S. and the B-lymphocyte alloantigen, BT 102; this contrasts with previous findings of an association between the B-lymphocyte alloantigen BT 101 and M.S. in North Europeans. It is suggested that this difference is due to the involvement of different environmental agents, possibly viruses, in the pathogenesis of M.S. in these populations.
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