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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:33 pm    Post subject: A 4 yrs old caucasian boy is evaluated for difficulty walkin

A 4 yrs old caucasian boy is evaluated for difficulty walking, past medical history includes frequent respiratory infections. Cultured cells from this patient demonstrate a high rate of radiation-induced genetic mutation. This patient is most likely to experience which of the following?
a- Neurofibrillary tangles in neocortex
b- Cerebellar atrophy
c- Loss of neurons in substantis nigra
d- Atrophy of caudate nucleus
e- Posterior column degeneration
f- Presence od lewy bodies


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:33 pm    Post subject:

ataxia...frequent respiratory infectoins....ATAXIA TELENGIACTASIA....
b: cerebellar atrophy


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