Spinocerebellar ataxia type 14: refining clinicogenetic diagnosis in a rare adult-onset disorder.
Tanja Schmitz-HübschSilke LuxPeter BauerAlexander Ulrich BrandtElena SchlapakowSusanne GreschusMichael ScheelHanna GärtnerMehmet E KirlangicVincent GrasDagmar TimmannMatthis SynofzikAlejandro GiorgettiPaolo CarloniJon N ShahLudger SchölsUte KoppLisa BußeniusTimm OberwahrenbrockHanna ZimmermannCaspar PfuellerElla-Maria KadasMaria RönnefarthAnne-Sophie GroschMatthias EndresKatrin AmuntsFriedemann PaulSarah DossMartina MinneropPublished in: Annals of clinical and translational neurology (2021)
In this largest cohort to date, SCA-PRKCG was characterized as a slowly progressive cerebellar syndrome with some clinical and imaging features suggestive of a developmental disorder. The observed non-ataxia movement disorders and cognitive-affective disturbance may well be attributed to cerebellar pathology. Protein modeling emerged as a valuable diagnostic tool for variant classification and the newly described T2 hyperintense dentate sign could serve as a supportive diagnostic marker of SCA-PRKCG.