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CEREBELLUM/ TRACTS

AOA PHENOTYPE

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (ATM)

TELANGIECTASIA  

(EYES/ SUN EXPOSED AREAS)

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ MYOCLONUS

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA  

TREMOR/ NEUROPATHY

LYMPHOMA/ LEUKAEMIA (EARLY)

SOLID TUMOUR (LATE)

CAN DEVELOP MELANOMA

LAB: LOW IGA/ IGG

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AOA1 (APTX)

AGE OF ONSET 2-10YRS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ ATAXIA

NEUROPATHY

LAB: REDUCED ALBUMIN 

INCREASED TOTAL CHOLESTEROL

NORMAL FETOPROTEIN

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AOA2 (SETX)

AGE OF ONSET 3-30YRS

OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ ATAXIA

NEUROPATHY

LAB: REDUCED ALBUMIN

INCREASED TOTAL CHOLESTEROL

INCREASED IGA/ IGG/ ALPA FETOPROTEIN

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CORTICAL/ SUBCORTICAL

GAUCHER DISEASE (GBA) 

GD1: ADULT GD

VARIED AGE PRESENTATION 

COGINITION/ PARKINSONISM

TREMOR/ ATAXIA

INCREASED RISK FOR PD (10x)

POOR RESPONSE TO LEVODOPA

NO EYE MOVEMENT ABNORMALITY

ACUTE PAINFUL BONE CRISIS

LAB: ANAEMIA/ PANCYTOPENIA 

THROMBOCYTOPENIA 

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

GD3: JUVENILE GD

AGE OF ONSET <10 YRS

HSGP (EARLY) / VSGP (LATE)

CONVERGENT SQUINT (VI NERVE PALSY)

COGNITION/ EPILEPSY/

PROGRESSIVE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY  

FACE/ LIMB DYSTONIA

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

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PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE (PLP1)

ONSET IN CHILDHOOD

SURVIVAL TILL LATE ADULTHOOD

SPASTIC ATAXIA 

SPG2 (PURE SPASTIC PARAPARESIS)​

MULTIFOCAL DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY

COGNITION/ TITUBATION 

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA OF EXTREMITIES

HEAD AND UPPER LIMB TREMOR

MRI: HYPOMYELINATION

INTERNAL CAPSULE/ OPTIC RADIATION

PROXIMAL CORONAL RADIATA

CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

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DRPLA

<20YS: ATAXIA/ MYOCLONUS

SEIZURES/ CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

>20YRS: ATAXIA/ COGNITION

PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS

CHOREA/ DYSTONIA

MRI: CEREBELLAR/ BRAIN STEM ATROPHY

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SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA

SCA1 (ATXN2 CAG)

OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

SPASTICITY/ SENSORY NEUROPATHY

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SCA2 (ATXN2 CAG)

OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

SLOW SACCADES

SENSORY NEUROPATHY

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SCA3 (ATXN3 CAG)

ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/DYSTONIA

CPEO/ BULGING EYES

SPASTICITY/ AMYOTROPHY

FACIAL LINGUAL ACTION INDUCED FASCICULATIONS 

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SCA14 (PRKRA)

DYSTONIA CAN BE DOMINANT PHENOTYPE

AXIAL MYOCLONUS

 

SCA 17 (TBP CAG REPEAT)

PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS/ DEMENTIA

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

SUPRANUCLEAR GAZE PALSY

PHENOTYPE

PSP/ MSA/ HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE 

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BASAL GANGLIA

BRAIN MINERALIZATION DISORDERS

PLAN (PLA2G6)

DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

ATAXIA/ SPASTICITY

LEVODOPA-INDUCED EARLY DYSKINESIA

INVOLVING LOWER FACE

TRUNCAL DYSTONIA

PHENOTYPES:

DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM

SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA

RX: LEVODOPA PARTIALLY RESPONSIVE

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WILSON DISEASE 

LIVER/ NEUROLOGICAL/ PSYCHIATRY

DYSTONIA/ CHOREA/ PARKINSONISM

DEPRESSION/ OCD/ PHOBIAS

PROTEINURIA/ ARTHRITIS/SUNFLOWER CATARACT

CARDIOMYOPATHY/ ARRHYTHMIAS

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ACERULOPLASMINEMIA 

AGE OF ONSET 30-70YRS

OROFACIAL DYSTONIA/ CERVICAL DYSTONIA

COGNITIVE DECLINE/ ATAXIA/ TREMOR/ CHOREA

PARKINSONISM (20%)

DIABETES MELLITUS/ LIVER DYSFUNCTION

RETINAL DEGENERATION

LAB: ABSENT CERULOPLASMIN

HETEROZYGOUS: MODERATELY REDUCED LEVEL

INCREASED FERRITIN

RX: DEFERIPRONE STARTING DOSE 15MG/KG/DAY

TWO DIVIDED DOSES

CAN TITRATE TO MAX 50MG/KG/DAY

PHLEBOTOMY 300ML EVERY 15 DAYS

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NEUROFERRITINOPATHY

ORO-MANDIBULAR DYSKINESIA (85%)

JAW DYSTONIA/ BLEPHAROSPASM

FOCAL LOWER LIMB CHOREA /DYSTONIA 

ACUTE BALLISMUS 

LESS COMMON: ATAXIA/ PARKINSONISM/ TICS/TREMOR

LIP-SMACKING/ WRITER'S CRAMP

FRONTAL SUBCORTICAL COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

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KUFOR RAKEB SYNDROME (ATP13A2)

PARK9/ SPG78

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ VSGP

VISUAL HALLUCINATION

OCULOGYRIC CRISIS

SPG78: LATE SPASTICITY WITHOUT PARKINSONISM

FACIAL-FAUCIAL-FINGER-MYOCLONUS

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FAHR'S SYNDROME

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC/ SEIZURES/ HEADACHE

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

ATAXIA/ TREMOR

SLC20A2

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM

PDGFB

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

PDGFRB

COGNITION/ HEADACHE/ SEIZURES

PARKINSONISM

XPR1

COGNITION/ HEADACHE

PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

MYORG

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA

JAM2

COGNITION/ PARKINSONISM/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

MRI: CALCIFICATION

BG/ THALAMUS/ CEREBELLUM/ WM

MYORG: CENTRAL PONS CALCIFICATION

LYSOSOMAL DISORDERS

GM1 GANGLIOSIDOSIS

TYPE 1  (INFANTILE) 

COGNITION/ SEIZURES

CORNEAL OPACITY

TYPE 2 (JUVENILE)

COGNITION/ DYSTONIA

ORGANOMEGALY/ CHERRY RED SPOT

TYPE 3 (ADULT)

DYSTONIA/ SPINAL BONY ABNORMALITY

ANGIOKERATOMA (TRUNK)

LIKE IN FABRY'S DISEASE

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GM2 GANGLIOSIDOSIS 

OCCASIONAL DYSTONIA 

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NIEMANN PICK C DISEASE

VSGP/ GELASTIC CATAPLEXY

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ CHOREA

HEPATOSPLEENOMEGALY

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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CHEDIAK HIGASHI DISEASE (LYST)

AGE OF ONSET  20-40YRS

LYSOSOMAL TRAFFIC REGULATOR PROTEIN

ALBINISM/ INFECTIONS/ BLEEDING/

PARTIAL ALBINISM/ OCULAR ALBINISM

PARKINSONISM/ DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ NEUROPATHY

CEREBELLUM/ NEUROPATHY

FRIEDREICH ATAXIA PHENOTYPE

FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA (FXN) 

ATAXIA/ DYSARTHRIA/ SCOLIOSIS

DIABETES (30%)

HEARING LOSS (20%)

HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ARRHYTHMIA/ CHF

LOFA 25-40YRS

VLOFA >40YRS

FRIEDREICH'S  ATAXIA WITH RETAINED REFLEXES

MRI: CEREBELLAR ATROPHY LATE STAGES

SPINAL CORD ATROPHY

DENTATE IRON ACCUMULATION AND ATROPHY

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ABETALIPOPROTEINAEMIA (MTTP)

DIARRHOEA/ VITE,D, K DEFICIENCY

ATAXIA/ PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

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ATAXIA WITH VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY (TTPA)

VIT E DEFICIENCY

TITUBATION

ATAXIA/ PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA/ MACULAR ATROPHY

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CANVAS (RFC1-AAGGG) 

AGE OF ONSET < 70YRS

CEREBELLAR/ VESTIBULAR/ SENSORY ATAXIA

ABNORMAL VOR AND PURSUIT

ABNORMAL VVOR:

HEAD MOVED AT 0.5HZ WITH VISION FIXED AT EARTH FIXED TARGET: SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS SEEN AS VESTIBULAR AND PURSUIT BOTH ARE ABNORMAL

SENSORY MOTOR NEURONOPATHY/ GANGLIONOPATHY

COUGH/AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

MRI: DORSAL AND ANTERIOR VERMIS ATROPHY

MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS

POLG1 (NUCLEAR DNA)

MIRAS (POLG1)

CHILDHOOD: ENCEPHALOPATHY

JUVENILE: EPILEPSY/ MIGRAINE

ADULT: ONSET ATAXIA NEUROPATHY

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SANDOS (POLG1)

SENSORY ATAXIA/ DYSARTHRIA

OPHTHALMOPLEGIA

PARKINSONISM (SANDOS) 

COMPOUND  HETEROZYGOUS MUTATION

CAN PRESENT IN LATE ADULTHOOD

RX: DOPAMINE AGONIST/ LEVODOPA 

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MEMSA (POLG1)

MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY

SENSORY ATAXIA

MYOPATHY 

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MINGIE (POLG1)

MITOCHONDRIAL NEUROGASTROINTESTINAL ENCEPHALOPATHY

GASTROPARESIS/ ATAXIA

LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY

OPTHALMOPARESIS/ PTOSIS

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

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SCAE (POLG1)

OLD TERMINOLOGY

NOW INCLUDES MEMSA

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MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

LEIGH SYNDROME

MITOCHONDRIAL/ NUCLEAR GENES INVOLVED IN OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION (COMPLEX 1-4)

COGNITION/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

OPTIC ATROPHY/ RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

STRABISMUS/ OPHTHALMOPARESIS

NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

SHORT STATURE/ CARDIOMYOPATHY

ADULT ONSET SUBACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY: VISION PROBLEM/ ATAXIA

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PDHD (PDHA1)

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA

FIXED/ PAROXYSMAL

RX: THIAMINE 100 -600 MG /DAY

KETOGENIC DIET

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KEARN SAYRE SYNDROME 

AGE OF ONSET <20YRS

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA/ OPTIC ATROPHY

ATAXIA NEUROPATHY

SHORT STATURE/ DEAFNESS

DIABETES/ HYPOTHYROIDISM

CONDUCTION BLOCK/ CSF PROTEIN INCREASED

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MERRF

MYOCLONUS/ GENERALIZED SEIZURES

ATAXIA/ NEUROPATHY/ MYOPATHY

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NARP (MT-ATP6)

NEUROPATHY/ ATAXIA

RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA

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COQ10 DEF (APTX/ADCK3)

HYPOGONADISM/SEIZURES

PES CAVUS/ MYOPATHY

Rx: COQ10 30MG/KG/DAY

THREE DIVIDED DOSES

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COQ8A ATAXIA 

EPILEPSY/DYSTONIA/ MYOPATHY

MENTAL RETARDATION 

CEREBELLAR ATROPHY

MRI: DENTATE/ PONTINE HYPERINTENSITY

Rx: COQ10 30MG/KG/DAY

THREE DIVIDED DOSES

PRIMARY DYSTONIA

H-ABC/ DYT4 (TUBB4)  

HYPOMYELINATION WITH ATROPHY OF BASAL GANGLIA AND CEREBELLUM

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ COGNITION

WHISPERING DYSPHONIA

MICROCEPHALY/ SPASTICITY

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DYT12 (ATP1A3)

ROPD

AGE OF ONSET 4- 55 YRS

DYSTONIA WITH PARKINSONISM OVER DAYS TO WEEKS

TRIGGER: FEVER/ STRESS/ ALCOHOL

ABRUPT ONSET THEN STABILIZES  

MILD IMPROVEMENT POSSIBLE

POOR LEVODOPA RESPONSE

CAPOS

CEREBELLAR ATAXIA/ PES CAVUS 

OPTIC ATROPHY/ HEARING LOSS

ALTERNATING HEMIPLEGIA OF CHILDHOOD

PAROXYSMAL

HEMIPLEGIA/ QUADRIPARESIS/ DYSTONIA

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AMINO-ORGANIC ACIDURIA

L2 H-GLUTARIC ACIDURIA 

MACROCEPHALY

HIGH RISK OF MALIGNANCY

SPASTICITY/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

PARKINSONISM

MRI: HYPERINTENSITY (T2/ FLAIR)

CAUDATE/ PUTAMEN

GLOBUS PALLIDUS/ DENTATE 

CENTRIPETAL WHITE MATTER

U-FIBRE INVOLVED FIRST

CEREBELLAR WHITE MATTER

MACROCEPHALY

ABNORMAL DAT SCAN

RX: LEVODOPA/ RIBOFLAVIN

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GLUTARIC ACIDURIA (GCDH)

COGNITION/ ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA

PARKINSONISM

LAB: URINE ORGANIC ACID

MRI: OPEN OPERCULA/ SDH/ WMH 

BASAL GANGLIA HYPERINTENSITY (T2)

RX: LOW LYSINE DIET/ CARNITINE SUPPLEMENT

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PAROXYSMAL

GLUT1 (SLC2A1)  

CHILDHOOD - ADULT-ONSET

10% DON'T HAVE MUTATION IN SLC2A1

PAROXYSMAL/ FIXED

PED/ PNKD/ EPISODIC ATAXIA

RESISTANT EPILEPSY/ MR

DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA
CRISS CROSS GAIT/ SPASTICITY 

WEAKNESS/HEADACHE/ VOMITING​

TRIGGERS: FAST/INFECTIONS

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VITAMIN DISORDERS

BT-BGD (SLC19A3)

<6Y  : INFANTILE SPASM

6-15: DYSTONIA/ ATAXIA/ CHOREA

>15   : WERNICKE LIKE

MRI: BASAL GANGLIA T2 HYPERINTENSITY

RX: BIOTIN 5-20MG/ DAY

THIAMINE 300-900MG /DAY

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BIOTINIDASE DEFICIENCY (BTD)

ENCEPHALOPATHY/ SEIZURES

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ PARKINSONISM

SPASTICITY/ VISION AND HEARING LOSS

SKIN CHANGES

RX: BIOTIN 5-20MG/ DAY

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COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY (MULTIPLE GENES)

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ SPASTICITY

TREMOR

RX: B12 SUPPLEMENTATION

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CEREBRAL FOLATE DEFICIENCY

(FLR1/ SCL46A1)

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ SPASTICITY

RX: FOLINIC ACID 5-10MG/KD/DAY

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PEROXISOMAL DISORDERS

DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY 

SCP2 MUTATIONS 

FOCAL OMD/ TORTICOLLIS

ATAXIA/ DYSTONIA/ MOTOR NEUROPATHY

MRI: CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE/ PONS WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY 

BASAL GANGLIA IRON DEPOSITION

(MUTATION SPECIFIC)

SPINAL CORD/ TRACTS

SPASTIC PARAPARESIS 

AFG3L2 (SCA28/SPAX5)

OPTIC ATROPHY

MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION

DIURNAL VARIATION

DYSTONIA/ATAXIA/PARKINSONISM

RX: LEVODOPA MAY HELP

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