9 year old girl from South America develops: -Behavioral changes -Decreased school performance Later she gets: -Seizure -Ataxia -Focal neurologic symptoms Then she becomes: -Quadraparetic -Spastic -Comatose Dies within a year 1. What condition did she have? 2. What disease did she likely have at 1 year of age that caused this condition?

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1. 9 year old girl from South America develops: -Behavioral changes -Decreased school performance Later she gets: -Seizure -Ataxia -Focal neurologic symptoms Then she becomes: -Quadraparetic -Spastic -Comatose Dies within a year 1. What condition did she have? 2. What disease did she likely have at 1 year of age that caused this condition?