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ATAXIA |
| cerebellar disease: | ||||
| posterior fossa tumours: |
acoustic neuroma 1� cerebellar tumours metastases |
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| degenerative cerebellar disease: | hereditary: |
ataxia-telangiectasia
Friedreich's ataxia | ||
| acquired: |
alcohol (Wernicke's encephalopathy) | |||
| para-infectious: |
Guillain-Barre syndrome acute ataxia of childhood / young adults HIV disease |
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| toxic or drugs: |
anti-convulsant drugs (nystagmus usually gross and vertical) alcohol intoxication sedatives |
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| other: |
multiple sclerosis
brainstem vascular disease paraneoplastic syndromes brainstem tumours (rare) |
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| dorsal column disease (sensory ataxia; positive Romberg's sign): |
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vitamin B 12 deficiency (subacute combined degeneration of the cord) tabes dorsalis (syphilis) |
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