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X-linked non progressive cerebellar ataxia
Disease definition
X-linked non progressive cerebellar ataxia is a rare hereditary ataxia characterized by delayed early motor development, severe neonatal hypotonia, non-progressive ataxia and slow eye movements, presenting normal cognitive abilities and absence of pyramidal signs. Frequently patients also manifest intention tremor, mild dysphagia, and dysarthria. Brain MRI reveals global cerebellar atrophy with absence of other malformations or degenerations of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
ORPHA:314978
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2018) Español (2018) Français (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
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General public
- Article for general public
- English (2021, pdf) - ERN-RND
Guidelines
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Deutsch (2019, pdf) - ERN-RND
- English (2019, pdf) - ERN-RND
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2022) - GeneReviews


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