Conditions / Genetic

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 24

info ยท Genetic

An amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that is characterized by adult-onset loss of motor neurons and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the NEK1 gene on chromosome 4q33.

Signs and symptoms

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Dysphagia
  • Dysarthria
  • Respiratory insufficiency
  • Skeletal muscle atrophy
  • Caudate atrophy
  • Bulbar signs
  • Tetraparesis
  • Hippocampal atrophy