Ataxia telangiectasia

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

Louis Bar syndrome

Broader Terms

cerebellar disorder, genetic disorder, telangiectasia

Narrower Terms

Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare childhood disease that affects the nervous system and other body systems.
• Causes and symptomsAtaxia-telangiectasia is called a recessive genetic disorder because parents do not exhibit symptoms; however, each parent carries a recessive (unexpressed) gene that may cause A-T in offspring.
• Ataxia telangiectasia is a progressive neurologic disorder which has a birth frequency of 1 in 300,000.
• Ataxia TelangiectasiaSynonyms: Louis-Bar diseaseEpidemiology Incidence Ataxia telangiectasia is present throughout the world, although there are clusters in Turkey, Norway, Costa Rica, Iran, Saudi Arabia and among North African Jews and South African Scots.
• Ataxia telangiectasia is a genetically inherited multisystem disorder with predominant feature being telangiectasia and cerebellar ataxia.

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