Idiopathic Parkinson's disease phenotype related to C9ORF72 repeat expansions: contribution of the neuropsychological assessment.

Mariam Annan 1 Émilie Beaufils 2, 3 Ursule-Catherine Viola 1 Patrick Vourc'H 4, 5 Caroline Hommet 2, 3, 5 Karl Mondon 2, 3, 5, *
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1 Service de Neurologie [Tours]
2 CMRR - Centres Mémoire de Ressources et de Recherche
3 Service de Gériatrie
4 Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire
5 Imagerie et cerveau
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeats in the non-coding region of the C9ORF72 gene was recently identified as being responsible for over 40% of the cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, in various extrapyramidal syndromes including supranuclear gaze palsy and corticobasal degeneration, and in addition, has been found to be a rare genetic cause of isolated Parkinsonism. To our knowledge, there is no published data concerning the neuropsychological evaluation of patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's disease related with C9ORF72 repeat expansions. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the results of the comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation in a newly described case in the literature (the sixth) of a patient presenting isolated idiopathic Parkinson's disease associated with C9ORF72 repeat expansions.The decrease in the patient's prefrontal functions resulted in a slight decrease in global efficiency. These abnormalities did not appear to be different, with respect to the deficit observed and the intensity of the cognitive impairment, from those classically observed in cases of sporadic idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Our patient also exhibited a significant impairment in visual gnosis. CONCLUSIONS: If confirmed in other patients, visuoperceptive deficits in idiopathic Parkinson's disease could represent a red flag that should prompt the clinician to perform addition diagnostic procedures. A thorough neuropsychological assessment may prove to be useful for detecting idiopathic Parkinson's disease in patients who are suspected of having repeat abnormalities of C9ORF72 expansions.
Keywords : C9ORF72 repeat expansion Parkinson's disease Cognition
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BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central, 2013, 6 (1), pp.343. 〈10.1186/1756-0500-6-343〉
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Mariam Annan, Émilie Beaufils, Ursule-Catherine Viola, Patrick Vourc'H, Caroline Hommet, et al.. Idiopathic Parkinson's disease phenotype related to C9ORF72 repeat expansions: contribution of the neuropsychological assessment.. BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central, 2013, 6 (1), pp.343. 〈10.1186/1756-0500-6-343〉. 〈inserm-00871180〉

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