A new study of patients with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia has found that the condition is not always untreatable and that many patents respond well to immunotherapy, particularly if started early. The ...

No cures are possible for most patients who suffer debilitating movement disorders called cerebellar ataxias. But in a few of these disorders, patients can be effectively treated with regimens such as ...

Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) is a clinical entity of heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases that show dominantly inherited, progressive cerebellar ataxia that can be variably ...

Ataxia is a form of movement disorder. There is loss of balance and physical co-ordination leading to difficulty in walking normally. The Cerebellum of the brain is normally responsible for ...

In order to clarify the clinical and genetic features of SCA6, we retrospectively analyzed 140 patients. We observed an inverse correlation between the age of onset and the length of the expanded ...

A normal leaf-shaped cerebellum versus cerebella that are reduced in size. © Mahmoud Elsaid / Tawfeq Ben Omran A mutation that interferes with a ribonucleic acid’s ...

A man has gone to the High Court to ask permission to take his wife, who is suffering from cerebellar ataxia, to Switzerland, so that doctors there can help her end her life. What is cerebellar ataxia ...

There are so many rare conditions that we do not know about but some people are fighting them for life. Every now and then we see social media posts about little kids ailing from rare diseases and ...