cerebellar ataxia, Cayman-type
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Epidemiology
- found in a population isolate on Grand Cayman Island
Genetics
- associated with defects in caytaxin gene
Clinical manifestations
- marked psychomotor retardation
- prominent nonprogressive cerebellar dysfunction
- nystagmus
- intention tremor
- dysarthria
- wide-based ataxic gait
- hypotonia is present from early childhood
More general terms
- cerebellar ataxia (cerebellar syndrome, cerebellar dysmetria)
- genetic disease of the central nervous system