Disease ID | Source | Name | Description |
270550 | OMIM | Spastic ataxia Charlevoix-Saguenay type (SACS) | A neurodegenerative disease characterized by early-onset cerebellar ataxia, spasticity, retinal hypermyelination, pyramidal signs, and both axonal and demyelinating neuropathy with loss of sensory nerve conduction and reduced motor conduction velocities. Other features include dysarthria, distal muscle wasting, nystagmus, defect in conjugate pursuit ocular movements, retinal striation (from prominent retinal nerves) obscuring the retinal blood vessels in places, and the frequent presence of mitral valve prolapse. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. |