Cerebellar Ataxia and Neurosensory Deafness

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WHO-ICD-10 version:2010

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

Other congenital malformations

OMIM Number

212850

Mode of Inheritance

Autosomal recessive

Description

Cerebellar Ataxia and Neurosensory Deafness is characterized by ataxia and hearing loss. Only four cases from a single family (three brothers and one sister) have been reported with this disease worldwide. It appears to follow an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern.

Epidemiology in the Arab World

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Kuwait

Other Reports

Kuwait

Farag et al. (1993) screened 400 institutionalized intellectually disabled patients in Kuwait during a four years period from January 1986 to January 1990; one of the patients was found to be suffering from Cerebellar Ataxia and Neurosensory Deafness.

Contributors

Nada Assaf: 06.02.2013

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Asha Deepthi: 15.10.2019
Nada Assaf: 18.02.2013