Ataxia (definition)

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Definition: Impairment of the ability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements. This condition may affect the limbs, trunk, eyes, pharynx, larynx, and other structures. Ataxia may result from impaired sensory or motor function. Sensory ataxia may result from posterior column injury or PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASES. Motor ataxia may be associated with CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX diseases; THALAMIC DISEASES; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; injury to the RED NUCLEUS; and other conditions.

note specifics; coord other ataxias with organ/diseases term; enzootic
Examples Cerebellar Ataxia; Gait Ataxia

Other names Incoordination; Dyssynergia; Coordination Impairment; Truncal Ataxias; Truncal Ataxia; Tremors, Rubral; Sensory Ataxias; Sensory Ataxia; Rubral Tremors; Rubral Tremor; Motor Ataxias; Motor Ataxia; Limb Ataxias; Incoordinations; Impairments, Coordination; Limb Ataxia; Impairment, Coordination; Coordination Lack; Coordination Impairments; Ataxias, Truncal

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
Abetalipoproteinemia neuropathy	0	Abetalipoproteinemia Ataxia.
Cataract ataxia deafness	0	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Peripheral Nervous System Diseases.
CANOMAD syndrome	0	Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune Ataxia *Ophthalmoplegia.
Bangstad syndrome	0	Ataxia Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Dwarfism Goiter Gonads/abnormalities.
Behr syndrome	0	Spasm Ataxia Intellectual Disability Optic Atrophy/congenital *Hearing Loss.
CACH/VWM syndrome	0	Ataxia/congenital Leukoencephalopathies.
Hypotonia, congenital nystagmus, ataxia and abnormal auditory brainstem response	0	Ataxia Demyelinating Diseases Muscle Hypotonia Nystagmus, Congenital.
Treft Sanborn Carey syndrome	0	Ataxia Blepharoptosis Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Muscular Diseases Ophthalmoplegia Optic Atrophy.
COACH syndrome	0	Abnormalities, Multiple Ataxia Cholestasis Coloboma *Liver Diseases Brain/abnormalities.
Posterior column ataxia with retinitis pigmentosa	0	Ataxia Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Partington X-linked mental retardation syndrome	0	Ataxia Seizures *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Deafness hyperuricemia neurologic ataxia	0	Ataxia Deafness *Metabolism, Inborn Errors.
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Genevieve type	0	Ataxia Hirsutism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly *Osteochondrodysplasias.
Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia	0	Ataxia Skin Diseases, Genetic.
Richards-Rundle syndrome	0	Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Ataxia Deafness Hypogonadism *Intellectual Disability.
Episodic ataxia with nystagmus	0	Ataxia Nystagmus, Pathologic.
Bhaskar Jagannathan syndrome	0	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Arachnodactyly.
Ataxia with vitamin E deficiency	0	Ataxia Vitamin E Deficiency.
Arts syndrome	0	Ataxia Genetic Diseases, X-Linked *Deaf-Blind Disorders.
Cataracts, ataxia, short stature, and mental retardation	0	Ataxia Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability.
Reardon Wilson Cavanagh syndrome	0	Ataxia Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Hearing Loss.

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