Sunday, December 18, 2016

UNDERLYING GENETIC CAUSE IN CEREBELLAR ATAXIAS: EVALUATION OF AN IRISH COHORT

Petya Bogdanova-Mihaylova, Raymond PJ Murphy, Richard A Walsh1, Sinéad M Murphy; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2016;87:e1 doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-315106.203

At the National Ataxia Clinic, Tallaght Hospital, from December 2014–April 2016, 137 patients with inherited ataxias were assessed. In December 2014, 53% of 133 patients had a genetically confirmed diagnosis. The commonest in the autosomal-recessive (AR) group were Friedreich's ataxia, Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT), Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 1&2 (AOA1&2) and, in the autosomal-dominant group, SCA2, SCA3 and SCA14.