Developmental recapitulation of spinocerebellar ataxia
- Conditions
- AtaxiaSCA1002929910028037
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 11
1. All subjects must give signed, informed consent.
2. Probands must have a cerebellar movement disorder or a disorder with spinocerebellar ataxia features such as uncoordinated movement (i.e. asthenia, asynergy, delayed reaction time and dyschronometria) in limbs and organs such as the eyes.
3. Subjects must be over 18 years of age at interview, male or female.
1. Unable to give informed consent to all aspects of the study.
2. Unable to speak and be interviewed in Dutch or English (to ensure validity of the interviews).
3. Cerebellar movement disorder is deemed secondary to substance use by the consensus diagnostic procedure because uncoordinated movement symptoms are limited to periods of likely intoxication or withdrawal.
4. The cerebellar movement disorder is deemed secondary to causative factors, such as, head injury, or alcohol withdrawal.
5. Subjects with severe mental retardation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1. The molecular and electrophysiological profile of probands and their family<br /><br>members<br /><br>2. Clinical characterization of the probands and their family members</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Not applicable</p><br>