Abstract
Female monozygotic twins developed upper and lower limb neurogenic weakness in their
thirties, followed by cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria and death after an illness duration
of about 20 years. Autopsy revealed pathological features typical of neuronal intranuclear
inclusion disease (NIID) and positive ubiquitin immunostaining of the inclusions.
Two adult sons of one of the twins have now developed an identical illness. This family
provides strong evidence of an hereditary form of NIID.
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Publication history
Accepted:
April 20,
1998
Received in revised form:
April 16,
1998
Received:
December 23,
1997
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© 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
