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Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergia

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Definition: A condition marked by progressive CEREBELLAR ATAXIA combined with MYOCLONUS usually presenting in the third decade of life or later. Additional clinical features may include generalized and focal SEIZURES, spasticity, and DYSKINESIAS. Autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant patterns of inheritance have been reported. Pathologically, the dentate nucleus and brachium conjunctivum of the CEREBELLUM are atrophic, with variable involvement of the spinal cord, cerebellar cortex, and basal ganglia. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1991, Ch37, pp60-1)  do not confuse X ref RAMSAY HUNT CEREBELLAR SYNDROME with RAMSAY HUNT AURICULAR SYNDROME see HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS or RAMSAY HUNT PARALYSIS SYNDROME see PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS    Other names Ramsay Hunt Cerebellar Syndrome; Dyssynergia Cerebellaris Myoclonica; Dentate Cerebellar Atrophy; Cerebellar Dyssynergia; Ataxia, Dentate Cerebellar; Ramsay Hunt Dentate Syndrome; Dyssynergia Cerebellaris Progressiva; Dentate Nucleus Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt; Dentate Cerebellar Ataxia; Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergias; Dyssynergias, Myoclonic Cerebellar; Dyssynergias, Cerebellar; Dyssynergia, Myoclonic Cerebellar; Dyssynergia, Cerebellar; Dentate Cerebellar Atrophies; Dentate Cerebellar Ataxias; Cerebellar Dyssynergias, Myoclonic; Cerebellar Dyssynergias; Cerebellar Dyssynergia, Myoclonic; Cerebellar Atrophy, Dentate

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