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episodic ataxia type 5
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An episodic ataxia that is characterized by dysarthria and vertigo, develops in early childhood, and has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of mutation in the CACNB4 gene.
Signs and symptoms
- Episodic ataxia
- Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
- Dysarthria
- Postural instability
- Vertigo
- Febrile seizure (within the age range of 3 months to 6 years)
- Typical absence seizure
- Gaze-evoked nystagmus
- Truncal ataxia
- Ataxia