RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Degeneration of fasciculus gracilis in cystic fibrosis
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 185
OP 185
DO 10.1212/WNL.27.2.185
VO 27
IS 2
A1 ALAN GELLER
A1 FLOYD GILLES
A1 HARRY SHWACHMAN
YR 1977
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/27/2/185.abstract
AB The spinal cords of 19 percent of patients dying with cystic fibrosis after 5 years of age showed posterior column degeneration. The risk did not appear to increase with advancing age. None of these patients had findings of pernicious anemia or spinocerebellar degeneration. The lesions had been undetected clinically. It is possible that nutritional, toxic, or hereditary factors may play a role in producing this lesion.