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Acute Stroke in Middle Cerebellar Peduncle in a Patient With FXTAS

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Genetics, May 2018
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Title
Acute Stroke in Middle Cerebellar Peduncle in a Patient With FXTAS
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Frontiers in Genetics, May 2018
DOI 10.3389/fgene.2018.00187
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Authors

Deborah A. Hall, Avram Fraint, Rima Dafer

Abstract

Background: Fragile-X associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is commonly associated with T2 hyperintensity in the middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, ischemic stroke in the MCP in a patient with FXTAS has not previously been described. Case Description: A 61-year-old man with hypertension, sleep apnea, obesity, and FXTAS presented to the emergency department with 2 days of worsening balance and nausea which began 2 days after chiropractic neck manipulation. Examination revealed new nystagmus and worsening dysmetria. Workup revealed an acute infarct in the left MCP, atherosclerotic narrowing of the V4 segment of the left vertebral artery, inadequately controlled hypertension, and a LDL of 127. Conclusion: Isolated MCP infarcts are rare and typically associated with hypoperfusion in the setting of vertebral artery disease and neck manipulation. We suspect that underlying neurodegeneration due to FXTAS with superimposed small vessel disease and neck manipulation may have caused preferential damage to the Purkinje cells in the MCP.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 19%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 19%
Researcher 3 11%
Librarian 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Other 3 11%
Unknown 7 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 7 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 22%
Psychology 2 7%
Neuroscience 2 7%
Social Sciences 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 8 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 June 2018.
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#7,125,271
of 26,106,397 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Genetics
#2,021
of 13,853 outputs
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#112,865
of 347,473 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Genetics
#29
of 121 outputs
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