Table 1.
Clinical features | Patient | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
Family | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Age | 44 | 21 | 50 | 41 | 55 | 50 | 62 | 50 | 51 | 45 |
Age at onset* | 40 | 19 | 40 | 35 | 49 | 44 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 30 |
Mean number of CAG repeats | 47 | 45 | 53 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
Hand postural tremor | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Hand intention tremor | - | - | - | - | + | + | + | - | + | - |
Head tremor | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Leg tremor | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - |
Alcohol responsiveness | + | + | NT | NT | + | + | + | + | - | + |
β-Blocker treatment | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | - | + |
*Age at onset was defined retrospectively by determining the age at which the first symptom or sign attributable to Kennedy's disease was detected.
NT = not tested.