A new locus for a childhood onset, slowly progressive autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia maps to chromosome 11p15

Abstract
Sporadic ataxias may be attributed to various toxic, inflammatory, paraneoplastic, metabolic, endocrinal, or malabsorption conditions. Hereditary ataxias consist of a large number of autosomal dominant ataxias and ataxias with an autosomal recessive and X-linked mode of inheritance. The remaining ataxias of unknown cause are referred to as idiopathic sporadic cerebellar ataxias.