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Hélio AG Teive, MDS 2019 – Spinocerebellar ataxia

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Published Online: Sep 26th 2019

MDS Congress Scientific Program Committee member, Hélio AG Teive (Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil) kindly talked to us about spinocerebellar ataxia and its geographical diversity.

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1. How does spinocerebellar ataxia differ from other ataxias? (0:05)
2. In what regions is spinocerebellar ataxia found? (0:26)
3. What is the reason for this geographical diversity? (1:09)
4. What are the major challenges in clinically differentiating the different genotypes and phenotypes in spinocerebellar ataxia? (1:33)
5. What have been the most important advances in the diagnosis and management of spinocerebellar ataxia? (2:03)

Speaker disclosure: Hélio AG Teive has nothing relevant to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS), Nice, France, September 2019.

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