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ArticleJournal of child neurology2012

Diagnostic approach to childhood-onset cerebellar atrophy: a 10-year retrospective study of 300 patients.

Almundher Al-Maawali, Susan Blaser, Grace Yoon

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Article in Journal of child neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Almundher Al-MaawaliDivision of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Susan Blaser
Grace Yoon
Hospital for Sick Children · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE IN CHILDREN CONFERENCESR13NS040925 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI MARIA, BERNARD L · 2001 to 2020
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NINDS NIH HHS 2R13NS040925-14NINDS NIH HHS R13 NS040925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hereditary ataxias associated with cerebellar atrophy are a heterogeneous group of disorders. Selection of appropriate clinical and genetic tests for patients with cerebellar atrophy poses a diagnostic challenge. Neuroimaging is a crucial initial investigation in the diagnostic evaluation of ataxia in childhood, and the presence of cerebellar atrophy helps guide further investigations. We performed a detailed review of 300 patients with confirmed cerebellar atrophy on magnetic resonance imaging over a 10-year period. A diagnosis was established in 47% of patients: Mitochondrial disorders were most common, followed by neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, ataxia telangiectasia, and late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis. We review the common causes of cerebellar atrophy in childhood and propose a diagnostic approach based on correlating specific neuroimaging patterns with clinical and genetic diagnoses.

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AdolescentAtrophyCerebellar AtaxiaCerebellumChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGangliosidoses, GM2HumansInfantInfant, NewbornLongitudinal StudiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMitochondrial DiseasesRetrospective Studies

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PMID22764178
PMCPMC3743560
OpenAlexW2034206446

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