Conditions / Genetic

cerebellar ataxia type 48

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An autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia characterized by mid-adult onset of gait ataxia and/or cognitive-affective symptoms that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the STUB1 gene on chromosome 16p13.3.

Signs and symptoms

  • Ataxia
  • Depression
  • Mental deterioration
  • Dysarthria
  • Anxiety
  • Hyperreflexia
  • Cerebellar atrophy
  • Parkinsonism
  • Dysphagia
  • Dysmetria

Also known as: SCA48