Abstract:Kennedy’s X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is a rare hereditary lower motoneuron neurodegenerative disease, which is based on the genetic defect of the androgen receptor’s first exon (AR), characterized by an abnormal increase of CAG-repeats. This article describes a clinical case of a patient with complaints about low limb weakness, walking distance shortening to 400–500 meters, coordination disturbances, and moderate polyneuropathy. According to complaints, neurological examination and patient’s f… Show more
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