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UKAtaxia
/ætˈeɪksiə/
/ˈeɪˈtæksiə/Ataxia
[NOUN]1
inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Examples
1. In the nervous system, the loss of neurons leads to ataxia.
2. All right, quick recap, Friedreich’s ataxia is the repeat of the FXN gene on chromosome 9.
3. Ataxia, diabetes and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy result.
4. Friedreich’s ataxia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a mutation in the FXN gene where there is an abnormal repetition of a GAA sequence within that gene.
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