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autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 8

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An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia characterized by slowly progressive neurodegeneration resulting in gait ataxia and other cerebellar signs, spasticity, secondary musculoskeletal abnormalities, and ocular movement anomalies that has_material_basis_in ho

An autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia characterized by slowly progressive neurodegeneration resulting in gait ataxia and other cerebellar signs, spasticity, secondary musculoskeletal abnormalities, and ocular movement anomalies that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in SYNE1 on chromosome 6q25.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Cerebellar atrophy
  • Dysarthria
  • Gait ataxia
  • Limb ataxia
  • Strabismus
  • Scoliosis
  • Pes cavus
  • Dysmetria
  • Nystagmus
  • Kyphosis

Also known as: ARCA1; Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia type 1; SCAR8; SYNE1-related autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia; autosomal recessive ataxia, Beauce type