What is Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
What is Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia: A condition characterised by a failure of muscle coordination due to pathology arising in the spinocerebellar tract of the spinal cord.
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia: A group of dominantly inherited, predominately late-onset, cerebellar ataxias which have been divided into multiple subtypes based on clinical features and genetic mapping. Progressive ataxia is a central feature of these conditions, and in certain subtypes POLYNEUROPATHY; DYSARTHRIA; visual loss; and other disorders may develop. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1997, Ch65, pp 12-17; J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1998 Jun;57(6):531-43)
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Spinocerebellar Ataxia: Introduction
Types of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
Broader types of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
How serious is Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
Complications of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see complications of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
What causes Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
Causes of Spinocerebellar Ataxia: see causes of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
What are the symptoms of Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
Symptoms of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see symptoms of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Complications of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see complications of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Can anyone else get Spinocerebellar Ataxia?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
Spinocerebellar Ataxia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Spinocerebellar Ataxia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Spinocerebellar Ataxia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Prevention of Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see prevention of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Research for Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
see research for Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Name and Aliases of Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Main name of condition: Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Class of Condition for Spinocerebellar Ataxia: genetic repeating triplet
Other names or spellings for Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
SCA
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Spinocerebellar Ataxia:
- inherited ataxia
- Hereditary ataxia
- Progressive limb and gait ataxia
- Dysarthria
- Loss of joint position and vibration senses
- Absent tendon reflexes in the legs
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