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autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 20

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An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by severely delayed psychomotor development with poor or absent speech, wide-based or absent gait, coarse facies, and cerebellar atrophy and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SN

An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by severely delayed psychomotor development with poor or absent speech, wide-based or absent gait, coarse facies, and cerebellar atrophy and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the SNX14 gene on chromosome 6q14.

Signs and symptoms

  • Coarse facial features
  • Thick vermilion border
  • Intellectual disability
  • Delayed gross motor development
  • Delayed fine motor development
  • Bulbous nose
  • Delayed speech and language development
  • Delayed early-childhood social milestone development
  • Hypotonia
  • Cerebellar atrophy

Also known as: SCAR20