Differential Diagnoses for Ataxia

Differential Diagnoses for the Signs and Symptoms below, using the VITAMINS ABCDEG mnemonic

Vascular

Infectious/Inflammatory

Trauma/Toxin

Autoimmune/Allergic

Metabolic/Mechanical

Iatrogenic/Idiopathic

Neoplastic/nutritional

Social

Anatomic/Structural

Behavioral

Congenital

  • Gillespie Syndrome

  • Marinesco Sjogren Syndrome

  • Joubert Syndrome

  • Disequilibrium Syndrome

  • Paine Syndrome

  • COACH Syndrome

Degenerative/Drug

Endocrine

Genetic/Hereditary

  • Early Onset Hereditary Ataxias (<25yo)

    • Friedreich’s Ataxia

  • Late Onset Hereditary Ataxias (>25yo)