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ATAXIAS: General

Classification

Congenital Hereditary   Autosomal Dominant   Autosomal Recessive   X-linked   Congenital   DNA repair defects   Metabolic disorders   Mitochondrial   Multisystem disorders   External link Immune   Acute cerebellar ataxia   Miller-Fisher   Multiple sclerosis   Opsoclonus-Myoclonus   Paraneoplastic

Infections: CNS   Acute ataxia: Viral   Creutzfeldt-Jakob   Meningitis Mass lesion   Abscess   Neoplasm   Sarcoid Paroxysmal   Epilepsy   Febrile   Hereditary   Migraine Polyneuropathy   Anti-MAG Syndrome   GALOP Syndrome   Sensory Neuronopathy   Large fiber

Supratentorial   Gait disorders     Elderly     Extrapyramidal   Hydrocephalus Systemic   Amyloid   Autoimmune     GAD antibodies   Endocrine     Hypoparathyroid     Thyroid   GI disorders     Celiac disease; Sprue     Vitamin E malabsorption     Whipple's Trauma Vascular Vestibular

Toxins & Drugs Ethanol Drugs Antiepileptic agents Phenytoin Lithium Antineoplastics Platins: Carbo; Oxali (Sensory) Amiodarone Cyclosporine Isoniazid Metronidazole Toxins Buckthorn fruit Cyanide (Sensory) Heavy metals Lead Mercury Podophyllin (Sensory) Solvents Methyl bromide TOCP

Ataxia: Differential diagnostic testing ¹

• Serum +
  • Blood smear
  • Cholesterol
  • Cholestanol
  • Liver enzymes: Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
  • Phytanic acid
  • α-fetoprotein
  • Amino & Organic acids
  • Autoantibodies: Hu; Yo; MAG; GAD; GQ1b ganglioside; Celiac; ZIC4; CV2; Ri; Tr
  • Thyroid function
  • Thyroperoxidase antibodies: Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT)
  • Vitamins: B1, B12, E
  • Infections: HIV; Syphilis; CJD
• Muscle biopsy
  • Coenzyme Q10
• CSF: Creutzfeld-Jacob
• Duodenal biopsy: Whipple's disease
• MRI: Superficial siderosis
• Genetics
• Also see: Cerebellar anatomy

CEREBELLAR DYSFUNCTION: ANATOMY