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autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 14

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An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by delayed psychomotor development, severe early-onset gait ataxia, eye movement abnormalities, cerebellar atrophy on brain imaging, and intellectual disability and that has_material_basis_in homoz

An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by delayed psychomotor development, severe early-onset gait ataxia, eye movement abnormalities, cerebellar atrophy on brain imaging, and intellectual disability and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SPTBN2 gene on chromosome 11q13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypometric saccades
  • Delayed speech and language development
  • Dysmetria
  • Global developmental delay
  • Dysdiadochokinesis
  • Motor delay
  • Nystagmus
  • Jerky ocular pursuit movements
  • Unsteady gait
  • Cerebellar atrophy

Also known as: SCAR14