Abstract
Cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) is a late-onset, slowly progressive disorder characterized by cerebellar ataxia, sensory neuropathy and bilateral vestibulopathy. Recently, a biallelic intronic AAGGG repeat expansion, (AAGGG)exp, in the Replication Factor C1 (RFC1) gene was identified as the cause of this disorder. In this study, we describe the phenotypic features of five patients from five different families diagnosed as CANVAS. The mean age at onset was 49.00 ± 9.05 years (between 34 and 56 years) and the most frequent presenting symptom in CANVAS was gait ataxia, followed by sensory disturbances. Persistent coughing was prominent in three patients, and it preceded the onset of ataxia and sensory symptoms in two patients. Parental consanguinity was present in three patients. Two patients showed symptoms or signs suggesting autonomic involvement. Sural nerve biopsy revealed axonal neuropathy in two patients. The mean age at onset was 49.00 ± 9.05 years (between 34 and 56 years) and the most frequent presenting symptom in CANVAS was gait ataxia, followed by sensory disturbances. Persistent coughing was prominent in three patients, and it preceded the onset of ataxia and sensory symptoms in ...Continue Reading
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