Sporadic adult onset ataxia: neurological causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on sporadic adult onset ataxia: neurological causes: Chronic infections Neurosyphilis Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) Lyme neuroborreliosis Whipple’s disease Sporadic degenerative Hereditary Synonyms for idiopathic types

Chronic infections

  • Neurosyphilis
  • Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD)
  • Lyme neuroborreliosis
  • Whipple’s disease

Sporadic degenerative

Hereditary

Synonyms for idiopathic types

References

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