Examples of using Axd type in English and their translations into German
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Colloquial
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Official
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Ecclesiastic
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Medicine
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Financial
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Ecclesiastic
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Political
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Computer
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Programming
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Official/political
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Political
There is no cure for AxD type I.
AxD type II also has a slower progression and cognitive impairment can be completely absent.
The currently used classification system is based on a constellation of clinical and radiologic features and includes AxD type I and AxD type II see these terms.
Unlike AxD type I(see this term), seizures are rarely seen and cognitive impairment is sometimes absent.
Progression is slow anddisease course is less severe than AxD type I but eventually muscle wasting and weakness often lead to motor impairment and dysphagia.
AxD type II is caused by gain-of-function mutations in the glial fibrillary acidic protein(GFAP) gene 17q21.
Antenatal diagnosis Although most cases of AxD type I are sporadic, antenatal diagnosis is possible if a disease causing mutation has been identified in an affected family member.
AxD type II can present throughout life, most commonly in late adolescence or adulthood(over the age of 12) and more rarely in childhood, with the age of onset ranging from 4-62 in published cases.
Diagnostic methods MRI is the most useful diagnostic tool as AxD type II characteristically shows a predominance of hindbrain lesions with mild to severe atrophy of the medulla oblongata and upper spinal cord.
AxD type I manifests with symptoms of encephalopathy, epilepsy and failure to thrive and has an infantile presentation, while patients with AxD type II manifest with bulbar, autonomic and motor signs such as dysarthria, dysphonia, dysphagia, ataxia, spastic paraparesis and palatal myoclonus.
AxD type I is more likely to be of early onset(mean 1.74 years) and shorter survival(median 14 years) whereas type II exhibits onset throughout the lifespan(mean 21.64 years, but can occur in early childhood) and has longer survival median 25 years.