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2 unusual facts about ataxia


Dystaxia

Ataxia, reduced control of muscles, resulting in loss of coordination, balance etc.

Pellagra

Ataxia (lack of coordination), paralysis of extremities, peripheral neuritis (nerve damage)


Ataxia telangiectasia

Ataxia-telangiectasia like disorder (ATLD) is an extremely rare condition, caused by mutation in the hMre11 gene, that could be considered in the differential diagnosis of A-T.

Betamethasone

In a randomized controlled trial Betamethasone was shown to reduce some of the ataxia symptoms associated with Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) by 28-31%.

Frenkel exercises

The exercises were developed by Heinrich Frenkel, a Swiss neurologist who, one day in 1887, while examining a patient with ataxia, observed the patient's poor performance of the finger-to-nose test.

Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa

Mutations in the MT-ATP6 gene cause neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa.

The Movement Disorder Society

The field of Movement Disorders includes the following areas: Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism, ataxia, dystonia, chorea and Huntington's disease, tics and Tourette syndrome, myoclonus and startle, restless leg syndrome, stiff person syndrome, tremor and essential tremor, and gait disorders.


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