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CEREBELLAR SYNDROMESDr PS Deb

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3ATAXIA TYPES

  Cerebellar Vestibular SensoryDysarthria May be present Absent Absent

Nystagmus Often present Present AbsentVertigo May be present Present Absent

Limb ataxia Usually present Absent Present(only in the legs)

Stance Unable to stand with feet together

May be able to stand with feet together

Able to stand with feet together and eyes open, but unable with eyes closed

Vibratory and position sense

Normal Normal Impaired

Ankle reflexes Normal Normal Depressed or absent

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CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE ATAXIAS Age of onset Mode of onset (ie, acute, subacute, chronic) Sex Natural history (ie, nonprogressive/static, episodic, progressive) Associated symptoms/signs that provide localizing information

Presence of dystonia or chorea suggesting involvement of the striatum Proprioceptive dysfunction suggesting involvement of spinocerebellar

pathways Visual deficits (retinitis pigmentosa), auditory involvement (Refsum disease) Cognitive dysfunction possible early and/or late

Other systemic features Dysmorphic features and associated congenital malformation may suggest a

specific association or clinical syndrome. Cardiac (Friedreich ataxia), renal (NPCA), and cutaneous (xeroderma

pigmentosa) features are examples.

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EXAMINATION OF ATAXIC PATIENT Equilibiatory coordination

Kinetic ataxia Tandem walk – forward, backward, side to side, round Hopping

Static ataxia Head, shoulder, pelvic position Trunkal ataxia Standing on one foot Rhomberg’s sing

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NON EQUILIBRATORY COORDINATION: UL Dysmetria, Dysergia, intention tremor

Finger to nose, Nose finger nose Finger to finger

Dysdiadokokinesia: Rebound test: Hypotonia Past pointing: Bring outstretched hand to examiner’s

had position after elevation Position holding: Outstretched arm deviate up and out

and pronate/ tremor Draw a line between two points or around circle

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3NON EQUILIBRATORY COORDINATION: LL Heal to knee to toe test Kicking examiner’s had with foot Write figure of 8 with foot Dysdiadokokinesia Rebound phenomenon Position holding of leg Pendular knee jerks

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CEREBELLAR EYE SIGNS

1. Dorsocerebellar: control saccadic amplitude -> dysmetria

2. Vestibulocerebellum: tracking movement, suppress VOR

1. Cogwheel saccads, poor persuit2. Deviation nystagmus, upbeat nystagmus3. Defective suppression of VOR-> Gaze paretic , evoked

nystagmus, downbeat nystagmus, rebound nystagmus4. Fixation abnormality, squar wave jerk5. Increased VOR gain6. Opsoclonus7. Skiewing

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CEREBELLAR EYE SIGNS CONT…

3. Lateral cerebellar eye signs1. Dysmetric saccads2. Impaired smooth pursuits3. Fixation abnormality4. Post saccadic drift5. Gaze evoked nystagmus6. Rebound nystagmus7. Down beat nystagmus8. Positional nystagmus

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LOCALIZING CEREBELLAR LESIONS

Cerebellar lesion Signs

Posterior(Flocculo-nodular lobe; Archicerebellum)

Eye movement disorders: Nystagmus; Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)Postural and gait dysfunction

Midline(Vermis; paleocerebellum)

Truncal & gait ataxia

Hemisphere(Neocerebellum)

Limb ataxia: Dysmetria, Dysdiadochokinesis, "intention" tremorDysarthriaHypotonia

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CEREBELLAR SYNDROMES Age of onset Familial / Sporadic Mode of onset – Acute/sub-

acute/chronic Progression –

Progressive Regressive Recurrent (Episodic)

Topography – Ant. Lobe – efferent Post. Lobe – afferent Middline Hemispherical

Associated neurological features Cortical, subcortical Brain stem Spinal cord, ant horn cell Pyramidal Extrapyramidal Cranial / Peripheral nerves Muscle Raised ICT

Other systemic involvement Aeteiological

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CEREBELLAR SYNDROMES Developmental

CVJ anomaly AC malformation Cerebellar agenesis, hypoplasia

Metabolic Hypoxic (childhood, adult) Hypoglycemic Hypothyroid Hypoparathyroid Wilson’s disease Cerebellar lipidosis Aminoacidurias Urea cycle abnormality Hartnup’s disease Leih disease

GI disorders    Celiac diseas; Sprue    Vitamin E malabsorption    Whipple's

Systemic:   Amyloid

Nutritional Nicotine Riboflavin Thiamine Vit E

Toxic Alcohol, Methyl bromide, TOCP Antiepileptics : Phenytoin, lithium Heavy metal

Lead, methyl mercury, manganese, thallium, Podophyllin DDT, carbon tetrachloride Tolune, ethyl acetate Trichlorethylene Glutethemide Antineoplastic

5 florouracil Platins: Carbo; Oxali

Amiodarone, Cyclosporine, Isoniazid , Metronidazole Buckthorn fruit, Cyanide

Physical Hyperthermia

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CEREBELLAR SYNDROMES CONT. Infection

Post encephalitic – mumps, chickenpox, Cerebellitis – Coxasakie, Echo, EB, CJD Cerebellar abascess Meningitis

Immunological Demyelinating – Primary, secondary Rheumatic chorea Carsinomatous GBS – Miller Fisher GAD antibodies Opsoclonus- Myoclonus Parneoplastic

Sarcoid Polyneuropathy

  Anti-MAG Syndrome  GALOP Syndrome 

Vascular Infarction Hemorrhage

Neoplastic Angioma Hemangioblastoma Glioma Medulloblastoma Meningioma Acustic neuroma

Trauma Epilepsy DNA repair defects

  Metabolic disorders  Mitochondrial  Multisystem disorders

Supratentorial Gait disorders Elderly Extrapyramidal Hydrocephalus

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INTERMITTENT/EPISODIC ATAXIAS Heriditary

Autosomal dominant - Channelopathies (eg, episodic ataxias [EA] 1, EA 2])

Autosomal recessive - Enzyme defects (eg, maple syrup urine disease [MSUD], urea cycle defects)

X-linked - Enzyme defects (eg, ornithine transcarbamylase [OTC] deficiency)

Epilepsy Febrile Migraine

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3EPISODIC ATAXIAS: CHANNELOPATHIESDisorder/Syndrome Phenotype* Inheritance Gene Locus Gene

Product/Biochemical Defect

EA 1 Intermittent ataxia Autosomal dominant 12p13 Missense point mutations affecting the voltage-gated potassium channel (KCNA1)

EA 2 Intermittent ataxia Autosomal dominant 19p13 Point mutations or deletions allelic with SCA 6 and familial hemiplegic migraineAltered calcium channel function

EA 2 Intermittent ataxia Autosomal dominant 2q22-q23 Voltage-dependent L type calcium channel, beta subunit

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3INTERMITTENT ATAXIAS RELATED TO ENZYME DEFECTSDisorder/Syndrome Phenotype* Inheritance Gene Locus Gene

Product/Biochemical Defect

Maple syrup urine disease

Intermittent ataxia Autosomal recessive 19q13.2 Mutations affect the E1 alpha subunit of branched-chain alpha-keto dehydrogenase complex that catalyzes the conversion of alpha keto acids to acyl-CoA and carbon dioxide

Hartnup disease Intermittent ataxia Autosomal recessive 11q13 Abnormality in the intestinal and renal transport of neutral alpha amino acids

Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

Intermittent ataxiaLactic acidosis

X-linked recessive Xp22.2-p22.1 Defective E1 component of the PDH complex

Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency

Intermittent ataxiaLactic acidosis

Autosomal recessive 11q13.4-q13.5 N/A

Defects of mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation

Intermittent ataxiaMetabolic acidosisElevated ammonia

Autosomal recessive N/A Multiple defects affecting different acyl-CoA dehydrogenases

Late-onset urea cycle defectsArgininosuccinic acidemiaCarbamyl phosphate synthetase deficiencyCitrullinemiaOrnithine transcarbamoylase deficiencyArgininemia

Intermittent ataxiaEpisodic encephalopathy

Autosomal recessive 7q21.3-q22 (arginosuccinate lyase)2q33-q36 (carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I)9q34 (arginosuccinate synthetase)Xp21.1 (ornithine carbamoyltransferase)6q23 (arginase)

N/A

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NON PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS Pure congenital cerebellar ataxias with or without

cerebellar hypoplasia Autosomal recessive Autosomal dominant X-linked Unknown

With posterior fossa malformations - Autosomal recessive (eg, Dandy Walker syndrome)

Congenital ataxia syndromes with cerebellar malformations Autosomal recessive (eg, Joubert syndrome) X-linked recessive (eg, X-linked congenital cerebellar hypoplasia

and external ophthalmoplegia)

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3NONPROGRESSIVE CONGENITAL ATAXIAS

Disorder/Syndrome Phenotype* Inheritance

NPCA with or without cerebellar hypoplasia

Early hypotoniaDelayed motor and speech development

Autosomal recessiveAutosomal dominantX linked recessiveSporadic

NPCA with posterior fossa malformations (eg, Dandy Walker syndrome)

Variable association with hydrocephalusDelays in motor developmentCognitive delay

N/A

Ataxia syndromes, multiple congenital anomalies and cerebellar hypoplasia (eg, Joubert syndrome, Varadi syndrome, COACH syndrome)

Encephalo-oculo-hepato-renal anomalies with recognized association patterns of anomalies

Autosomal recessiveAutosomal dominantX linked

Ataxia syndromes with cerebellar hypoplasia (eg, Gillespie syndrome)

Partial aniridiaHypogonadotrophic hypogonadismExternal exophthalmoplegia

Autosomal recessive

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CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS

2008

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3INHERITED ATAXIAS: 2008

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3Inherited Ataxias :2008

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Disorder/Syndrome Phenotype* Triplet Repeat Size Inheritance Gene Locus Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

SCA 1 Peripheral neuropathyPyramidal signs

CAG expansion 39-83(6-36 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 6p23 Ataxin-1(ATXN1)

SCA 2 Abnormal ocular saccadesHyporeflexiaDementiaPeripheral neuropathy

CAG expansion 34-400(15-31 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 12q24.1 Ataxin-2(ATXN2)

SCA 3 Pyramidal, extrapyramidal, and ocular movement abnormalitiesAmyotrophySensory neuropathy

CAG expansion 53-86(d47 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 14q21 Ataxin-3(ATXN3)

SCA 4 Sensory axonal neuropathy

N/A Autosomal dominant 16q22.1 Secretory carrier associated membrane protein 4

SCA 5 Early onsetSlow progression

N/A Autosomal dominant 11p11-q11 N/A

SCA 6 Slowly progressive ataxia

CAG expansion 20-33(<18 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 19p13 Altered alpha1A subunit of the voltage-dependent calcium channel (CACNA1A)

SCA 7 Visual loss retinopathy CAG expansion 37->300(4-35 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 3p21.1-p12 Ataxin-7

SCA 8 HyperreflexiaImpaired vibration sense

CTG expansion 100-250(15-52 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 13q21 KLHL1AS

SCA 10 Rare ATTCT repeats280->4500(10-22 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 22q13 Ataxin-10(ATXN10)

SCA 11 RareMild ataxia

N/A Autosomal dominant 15q14-q21.3 N/A

SCA 12 Tremor at onsetLate dementia

CAG expansion 45-63(7-31 normal range)

Autosomal dominant 5q31 Serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A(PPP2R2B)

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3SCA 13 Childhood onset

Associated cognitive delayShort stature

N/A Autosomal dominant 19q13.3 SCA13

SCA 14 Facial myokymiaEye movement abnormalitiesAxial myoclonus

N/A Autosomal dominant 19q13.4 Protein kinase C gamma type(PRKC)

SCA 15 Pure ataxia with slow progression

N/A Autosomal dominant 3p26.1-p25.3 N/A

SCA 16 Pure ataxiaHead Tremor

N/A Autosomal dominant 8q22.1-q24.1 N/A

SCA 17 AtaxiaPyramidal signsSevere mental decline

CAG expansion 63(25-42 repeats normal range)

Autosomal dominant 6q27 TATA box binding protein

SCA 18 AtaxiaSensorimotor neuropathy

N/A Autosomal dominant 7q22-q32 N/A

SCA 19 Cognitive declineMyoclonus tremor

N/A Autosomal dominant 1p21-q21 N/A

SCA 20 DysarthriaDystoniaCalcification of dentate nucleus

N/A Autosomal dominant 11p13-q11 N/A

SCA 21 Mild ataxiaCognitive delay

N/A Autosomal dominant 7p21-p15.1 N/A

SCA 22 Gradual onset slow progression

N/A Autosomal dominant 1p21-q23 N/A

SCA 23 Ataxia of late onsetSensory loss

N/A Autosomal dominant 20p13-p12.3 N/A

SCA 25 Sensory neuropathy N/A N/A 2p21-q15 N/ASCA 26 Dysarthria

Ocular pursuit abnormalities

N/A Autosomal dominant 19p13.3 N/A

Dentatorubropallidoluysian atrophy

ChoreaSeizuresMyoclonusDementia

Triplet repeat expansion Autosomal dominant 12p13.31 Atrophin-1 with toxic gain of function

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3SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA DD

Clinical feature SCA genotype Age at onset Young adult: SCA 1, 2, 3; older adult: SCA 6; childhood: frequently

SCA 7 and DRPLA, as well as SCA 13

Anticipation Most SCA; more prominent in SCA 7 and DRPLA

Normal lifespan SCA 6, SCA 11UMN signs SCA 1, 3, 7, 12; some SCA 6, 8; rarely SCA 2Slow saccades Early/prominent: SCA 2, 7; late: SCA 1, 3; almost never: SCA 6

Downbeat nystagmus SCA 6 and EA 2Akinesia/rigidity/dystonia SCA 3; SCA 12 (akinesia)Chorea Early/prominent: DRPLA; rarely SCA 2Generalized areflexia SCA 2, 4; older adult onset cases of SCA 3Maculopathy SCA 7Seizures SCA 10; childhood onset cases of DRPLA and SCA 7

Dementia DRPLA; early onset cases of SCA 2, 7Myoclonus SCA 14, 2Head and hand tremor SCA 12, 16Mental retardation SCA 13 DRPLA = dentato-rubral-pallido-luysian atrophy.

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vitamin E deficiency Chronic ataxia Autosomal recessive 8q13.1-q13.3 Mutated alpha-tocopherol transfer protein (ATTP) binds alpha-tocopherol, enhancing its transfer between separate membranesVitamin E likely has a role in preventing modification of lipoproteins by oxidative stress

Friedreich ataxia Progressive ataxia plus

Autosomal recessive 9q13-q21.1 Expansion of GAA triplet repeats leads to a defective protein frataxin, abnormal mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, and accumulation of iron

Recessively inherited ataxias with spinocerebellar dysfunction

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Abetalipoproteinemia

Progressive ataxia plus

Autosomal recessive4q24 MTP catalyzes the transport of triglyceride, cholesteryl ester, and phospholipid between phospholipid surfaces and is also required for the secretion of plasma lipoproteins that contain Apo-BDefects in the transfer protein result in loss of ability to produce Apo-B–containing lipoproteins with secondary malabsorption of vitamin E

Hypobetalipoproteinemia*

Chronic ataxia Autosomal dominant2q24 In the homozygous state, affected individuals are indistinguishable from those with abetalipoproteinemiaDefective Apo-B, VLDL, and LDL result in hypocholesterolemia

Recessively inherited ataxias with spinocerebellar dysfunction

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3RECESSIVELY INHERITED ATAXIAS ASSOCIATED WITH DEFECTIVE DNA REPAIR

Disorder/Syndrome Neurologic Phenotype Inheritance Gene Locus Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

Cockayne syndrome type A Progressive ataxia plusEarly onset severe syndrome

Autosomal recessive 5q11 ERCC8

Cockayne syndrome type B Progressive ataxia plusClassical type

Autosomal dominant 10q11-q21 ERCC6

Xeroderma pigmentosum Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive Genetically heterogeneous with several complementation groups identified9q34 locus (A)Other complementation groups involved are 2q21 (B & CS); 3p25.1 (C); 19q13.2(D); Unknown (E); 16p13 (F); 13q32-33 (G & CS)

Mutations result in either defective damage-specific DNA binding protein or defective excision repair (ERCC)Neurologic manifestations beginning in childhood relates to complementation group

Ataxia Telangiectasia Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive 11q22-q23 ATM geneProduct belongs to the P-13 kinase family of proteins involved in DNA damage recognition

Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia Type 1 (AOA1)

FRDA-like hypoalbuminemia Autosomal recessive 9p13.3 Aprataxin (APTX)Role in single-stranded DNA repair

Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia Type 2 (AOA2)

AtaxiaDistal amyotrophyPeripheral neuropathy

Autosomal recessive 9q34 Senataxin (SETX)Protein involved in RNA maturation and termination

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RECESSIVELY INHERITED CHRONIC/PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS ASSOCIATED WITH PROTEIN TRANSLATION AND FOLDING DEFECTS

Disorder/Syndrome

Neurologic Phenotype

Inheritance Gene Locus Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay

Chronic ataxiaSpasticityRetinalabnormalities

Autosomal recessive

13q11 SACS gene codes for sacsin, which is involved in chaperone-mediated protein folding

Leukoencephalopathy with VWM

Progressive ataxia, spasticity, optic atrophy, seizures

Autosomal recessive

3q27 Mutations affect eIF2B

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RECESSIVELY INHERITED CHRONIC/PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS ASSOCIATED WITH INHERITED ENZYMATIC DEFECTS

Disorder/Syndrome Neurologic Phenotype Inheritance Gene Locus Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

Refsum disease Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive 10pter-p11.2 Mutations affecting the gene coding for phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase

Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis Chronic progressive ataxia Autosomal recessive 2q3-qter Defective mitochondrial cytochrome-P450 sterol27-hydroxylase CYP-27A1 leading to accumulation of plasma cholestanol

Biotinidase deficiency Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive 3q25 Deletions resulting in multiple carboxylase deficiency and impaired release of biotin from biocytin, the product of biotin-dependent carboxylase degradation

L-2 Hydroxyglutaric acidemia Chronic progressive ataxia Autosomal recessive Unknown locus Deficiency of hepatic hydroxyglutaric acid dehydrogenase

Succinic-semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency

Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive 6p22 Deficiency of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenaseAccumulation of 4-hydroxybutyric acid in plasma and urine

1.Late infantile and juvenile sphingolipidoses Metachromatic leukodystrophy 2.Krabbe globoid cell leukodystrophy 3.Gaucher type III 4.Niemann-Pick C disease 5.GM2 Gangliosidosis

Progressive ataxia plusSeizuresPsychomotor regressionSpasticityExtrapyramidal featuresSupranuclear gaze palsies

Autosomal recessive 1.22q13.3-qter/ 2.14q31 3.1q21 4.18q11-q12 5.15q23-q24

1.Deficiency of arylsulfatase A/sphingolipid activator Protein (SAP) 2.Deficiency of galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase 3.Deficiency of beta-glucocerebrosidase 4.Abnormal uptake of cholesterol and defective esterification leading abnormal cholesterol ester storage 5.Defect in hexoaminidase A or of the GM2 protein activator

Congenital disorders of glycosylation type Ia

Progressive ataxia plus Autosomal recessive 16p13.3-p13.2 Mutations in the gene encoding for phosphomannomutase

Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome Chronic ataxiaCataractHypotoniaMyopathy

Autosomal recessive 5q31 Likely to be a lysosomal or prelysosomal defect

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RECESSIVELY INHERITED CHRONIC/PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS ASSOCIATED WITH MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOPATHIES

Disorder/Syndrome Neurologic Phenotype Inheritance Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

NARP syndrome Progressive ataxia plus Maternal inheritance Mitochondrial ATP 6 NARP 8993 mutation causing base substitution T-G or T-C at nucleotide position 8993

Leigh disease Progressive ataxia plusLactic acidosis

Autosomal recessive/maternal inheritance

Multiple biochemical and molecular defects underlie the condition, eg, PDHC deficiency, cytochrome oxidase C deficiency, mitochondrial ATPase 6

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3ATAXIAS WITH POLYMYOCLONUS AND SEIZURES

Autosomal recessive Dodecamer repeat expansions (eg, Baltic

myoclonus) Enzyme defects (eg, neuronal ceroid

lipofuscinosis) Maternal inheritance - Mitochondrial

cytopathies (eg, myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fiber disease [MERRF])

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3PROGRESSIVE ATAXIAS WITH POLYMYOCLONUS AND EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

Type Disorder/Syndrome Neurologic Phenotype Inheritance Locus Gene Product/Biochemical Defect

Dodecamer repeat expansion

Unverricht-Lundborg syndrome

MyoclonusAtaxiaSeizures

Autosomal recessive 21q22.2 Dodecamer repeat expansions affects gene for cystatin B

Inherited enzyme defect

Lafora body disease MyoclonusAtaxiaSeizures

Autosomal recessive 6q24 Mutation affects a gene encoding for a protein tyrosine phosphatase (laforin) that may disrupt glycogen metabolism

Inherited enzyme defect

Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

MyoclonusAtaxiaSeizures

Autosomal recessive 11p15.5 Gene codes for a lysosomal pepstatin insensitive protease

Mitochondrial cytopathy

MERRF MyoclonusAtaxia

Maternal inheritance N/A mt-DNA mutations affecting tRNALysDefective oxidative phosphorylation

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Caused by abnormalities of imprinting Clinical features

Microcephaly Prognathia Hypopigmentation of the skin Significant seizures Happy disposition and paroxysmal laughter Poor speech Severe mental retardation Ataxia with jerky arm movements and

hyperreflexia Characteristic arm position with wrist and elbow

flexion Laboratory findings

DNA methylation abnormalities in the 15q11-13 region

Deletions in 15q11-13 region using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)

Uniparental disomy studies UBE3A mutation on DNA analysis Mild cortical atrophy on CT scanning or MRI EEG abnormalities that are considered as highly

characteristic

Angelman Syndrome Fragile X Syndrome

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3DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING 1

Serum + Blood smear Cholesterol Cholestanol Liver enzymes: Alcoholic cerebellar

degeneration Phytanic acid α-fetoprotein Amino & Organic acids Autoantibodies: Hu; Yo; MAG; GAD;

GQ1b ganglioside; Celiac; ZIC4; CV2; Ri; Tr

Thyroid function Thyroperoxidase antibodies: Steroid-

responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT)

Vitamins: B1, B12, E Infections: HIV; Syphilis; CJD

Muscle biopsy Coenzyme Q10

CSF: Creutzfeld-Jacob

Duodenal biopsy: Whipple's disease

MRI: Superficial siderosis

Genetics

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