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父子例を含むDentato rubro-pallido-luysian atrophy(DRPLA)4例の脳代謝を評価するためにproton MR Spectroscopy(1H-MRS)を用いて脳内N-acetylaspartate(以下NAA),choline(以下Cho),creatine(以下Cr)濃度を定量化した。いずれの症例もMRIで基底核には異常信号はみられないにもかかわらず,病態に相関したNAA濃度の低下がみられた。また,NAA濃度が低いほど第12番遺伝子短腕のCAG-B37 locusのCAG繰り返しサイズが大きく,臨床的にも重症であった。MRIでは描出できない細胞レベルの脳代謝異常を,生体で非侵襲的に評価する方法としての1H-MRSの有用性が示された。
Dentato-rubro-pallido-luysian atrophy (DRP-LA) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodegene-rative disorder. Recently the genetic abnormality has become clear. We encountered four patients with DRPLA (including a 14-year-old boy and his father) in whom the final diagnosis was made by DNA analysis. In addition to performing conven-tional MRI, we quantified brain metabolites by proton MR spectroscopy. We also compared the expanded repeat size of CAG trinucleotide in a gene on the short arm of chromosome 12 to the MR findings which consisted of the findings of clinical severity and age of onset.
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