A Case of Friedreich's Ataxia with Optic Atrophy as an Initial ?Clinical Manifestation

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 12(3); 1994 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1994;12(3): 562-565.

시신경위축으로 시작한 Friedreich's Ataxia 1례

허지회, 방오영,문준식,선우일남,김태승

연세대학교 신경과, 병리학.

A Case of Friedreich's Ataxia with Optic Atrophy as an Initial ?Clinical Manifestation

Ji Hoe Heo, M.D., Oh Young Bang, M.D., Jun Shik Moon, M.D., Il Nam Sunwoo, M.D., Tai Seung Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology and Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine

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.

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