Major Depressive Disorder - A co-morbid condition in a case of spino-cerebellar ataxia with writer's cramp

گزارش یک مورد سندرم کرامپ نویسندگی همراه با صرع میوکلونیک و وسواس عملی

Introduction: The writer's cramp syndrome is a kind of local dystonia which appears in the hands due to uncontrollable muscular spasms, making a hard and tiring job of writing for patients. Case Report: The present study investigates a 55 year old married male, a bank officer, who has been suffering from myoclonic epilepsy and compulsion since the age of 17, and a few years later developed t...

Task specific focal dystonia: a presentation of spinocerebellar ataxia type 6.

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCA) are characterised by clinical and genetic heterogeneity with a substantial overlap of clinical features and a variable degree of adherence to three distinct phenotypes according to Harding's clinical classification: ADCA type I, II, and III. 1 The availability of molecular genetic testing has provided increasing appreciation of a wider clinical spect...

Major Depressive Disorder as the First Presentation of Panhypopituitarism: A Case Report

Pan-hypopituitarism is a rare but life threatening disorder that occurs due to reduction of anterior pituitary hormones. In this condition, major depressive disorders are presented by depressed mood and markedly diminished interest in many activities during a day. Some disorders are associated with psychiatric symptoms at presentation, therefore, the diagnosis of mood disorder due to a medical ...

Cellular Transplantation May Modulate Disease Progression in Spino-cerebellar Ataxia – a Case Report

Neuronal Mechanisms of Spino-Cerebellar Ataxia Type 27