Hereditary neurologic disorders, characterized by ataxia. Immunological in vitro parameters and HLA.

Nineteen untreated patients with hereditary ataxia, hereditary spastic paraplegia and Charcot-Marie-Tooth's syndrome were investigated for immunological in vitro parameters (lymphocyte transformation with PHA, con A, PWM, antigens, determination of T- and B-lymphocytes and HLA-typing). When compared with normal controls, no significant deviation was found.