Ataxia

Ataxia, which affects about 150,000 Americans, isn't a specific disease, but a sign of an underlying problem. The term "ataxia" describes a lack of muscle coordination when performing voluntary movements. It may affect any part of the body.
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Ataxia
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(tk´s), lack of coordination of the voluntary muscles resulting in irregular movements of the body. Ataxia can be brought on by an injury, infection, or degenerative disease of the central nervous system, e.g.
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Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), also called Louis-Bar syndrome, is a rare, genetic neurological disorder of childhood that progressively destroys part of the motor control area of the brain, leading to a lack of balance and coordination.
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Ataxia telangiectasia mutated: See: ATM.
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Ataxia (including Friedreich's ataxia)
Dr Trisha Macnair
Ataxia is the loss of co-ordinated bodily movements. Early problems include unsteadiness and clumsiness, but vision, hearing and speech can be affected too.
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Ataxia may go away without treatment after a few weeks to months. However, physical therapy may be helpful in improving coordination.
Expectations (prognosis):
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Full recovery usually occurs without treatment within a few months.
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Ataxia may appear as a congenital defect, or following a simple viral infection such as chicken pox. It may also appear following encephalitis, head trauma, and diseases affecting the central nervous system or spinal cord.
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Friedreich's ataxia is an inherited (genetic) disorder that causes certain nerve cells to deteriorate over time. In many cases, this disorder also affects the heart, certain bones and cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.
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AtaxiaProblems with coordination and walking.
Autosomal dominantA form of inheritance in which only one copy of a gene coding for a disease need be present for that disease to be expressed.
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ATAXIA: Lack of voluntary muscle coordination.
ATTENUATED: Weakened or decreased.
AUTOANTIBODY: 1. An antibody that is active against some of the tissues of the organism that produced it. 2. An antibody directed against the body's own tissue.
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SYMPTOMS"Ataxia (balance problems) and decreased coordination progressing to paralysis, dementia, slurring of speech, and visual disturbances.
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Ataxia-telangiectasia is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. The disease results from mutations in a gene called ATM.
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problems walking (ataxia)
increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
loss of control of the nerves/muscles of the face
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The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) protein kinases are at the apex of these signaling pathways.
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Her doctoral thesis was on the clonal origin of human tumors using the diseases ataxia- telangiectasia, Burkitt's lymphoma and ovarian teratomas as models. She did a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Medical Genetics under Dr. Robert D.
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Neurological complications (these are rare, but include meningitis, seizures, ataxia, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and Bell's palsy)
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- A rare congenital disorder that causes the body to not produce chylomicrons, low density lipoprotein (LDL), and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). Individuals with this condition are unable to properly digest fats. Other findings include ataxia, ...
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These neurologic abnormalities include ataxia within weeks or months, dementia (loss of memory and confusion) and myoclonus late in the illness, a duration of illness of at least 6 months, and a diffusely abnormal non-diagnostic electroencephalogram.
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