Hereditary ataxia in children

Hereditary ataxia is a group of neurological degenerative diseases with familial tendencies as the main manifestation of ataxia. Most causes are unknown. The disease mainly affects the spinal cord, cerebellum, and brain stem, so it is also called spinal-cerebellar-brain stem degeneration. Other parts such as the spinal nerve, cerebral nerve, basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebral cortex can be affected. It is also often accompanied by other system abnormalities, such as bones, eyeballs, heart, endocrine and skin. Due to the different degrees of focal degenerative damage, age of onset, and genetic methods, these diseases are clinically manifested in many types or syndromes, at least 60 types. There are often cross symptoms between various types, and there is no ideal classification method yet.

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