Conditions / Genetic

Kufor-Rakeb syndrome

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An early-onset Parkinson's disease that is characterized by supranuclear gaze palsy, spasticity, and dementia and has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in a lysosomal type 5 ATPase encoding gene on chromosome 1p36.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypertonia
  • Mild intellectual disability
  • Bradykinesia
  • Rigidity
  • Brisk reflexes
  • Dementia
  • Tremor
  • Babinski sign
  • Supranuclear gaze palsy
  • Palmomental reflex

Also known as: autosomal recessive Parkinson disease 9; autosomal recessive juvenile onset Parkinson disease 9