Medicine:Muscular atrophy-ataxia-retinitis pigmentosa-diabetes mellitus syndrome

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Muscular atrophy-ataxia-retinitis pigmentosa-diabetes mellitus syndrome
Other namesKurukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome
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SpecialtyMedical genetics
Usual onsetAdolescence
DurationLifelong
CausesGenetic mutation
Preventionnone
PrognosisMedium, nearing bad
FrequencyVery rare, only 10 cases have been described in medical literature.
Deaths-

Muscular atrophy-ataxia-retinitis pigmentosa-diabetes mellitus syndrome, also known as Kurukawa-Takagi-Nakao syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by muscular atrophy, cerebellar ataxia, reduced sense of touch, retinal degeneration, and diabetes mellitus beginning in late childhood-early adolescence.[1][2] It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.[3] It has been described in 10 members from a large 4-generation Japan family (1986).[4][5]

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