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Dementia due to Fragile X Syndrome

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Link to WHO Definition

Dementia due to Fragile X Syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/874230470

Dementia due to Fragile X Syndrome, a rare genetic syndrome characterised by intention tremor, ataxia, parkinsonism, cognitive and behavioural changes. It is an inclusion body disease with intranuclear inclusions throughout the brain, particularly in the hippocampus and frontal cortex, as well as in the deep cerebellar nuclei. Some have characterised the dementia as one of frontal subcortical subtype.