Professor Wadia’s contributions to neurology and spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

Fernando Spina Tensini; José Luiz Pedroso; Orlando G.P. Barsottini; Hélio A. G. Teive

doi:10.1590/0004-282X20170008

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(04): 255-257
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170008

HISTORICAL NOTE

Professor Wadia’s contributions to neurology and spinocerebellar ataxia type 2

A contribuição do professor Wadia à neurologia e a ataxia espinocerebelar tipo 2

Fernando Spina Tensini

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;

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José Luiz Pedroso

²Universidade Federal de São Paulo,Divisão de Neurologia Geral e Unidade de Ataxia, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

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Orlando G.P. Barsottini

²Universidade Federal de São Paulo,Divisão de Neurologia Geral e Unidade de Ataxia, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

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Hélio A. G. Teive

¹Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Distúrbios do Movimento, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil;

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Abstract

ABSTRACT

The authors present a historical review of the seminal contributions of Professor N. H. Wadia (1925-2016) to neurology, in particular, the first description of spinocerebellar ataxia type 2.

RESUMO

Os autores apresentam uma revisão histórica sobre a contribuição seminal do Professor N.H. Wadia para a Neurologia, em particular, a primeira descrição mundial da ataxia espinocerebelar tipo 2.

spinocerebellar ataxias - saccades

ataxias espinocerebelares - movimentos sacádicos

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