Related articles: Ataxia
Definition
Progressive loss of muscle coordination that produces shaky movements, poor posture and difficulty in performing voluntary movements.Possible Causes * of Ataxia
- Achondroplasia
- Alcoholism
- Beriberi
- Vascular dementia
- Migraine
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
- Slipped disc
- West Nile virus infection
- Insulinoma
- Carbon monoxide intoxication
- Cerebral ischemia
- Ichthyosis
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Gaucher disease
- Huntington's disease
- Acoustic neurinoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Neurofibromatosis
- Spastic paraparesis
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Multiple sclerosis
- African trypanosomiasis
