Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome

Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome (also known as Bedouin spastic ataxia syndrome) is an autosomally resessive disease. It has been found in an inbred Bedouin family. It was first described in 1986. A member of the family who was first diagnosed with this disease also had Bartter syndrome. It was concluded by its first descriptors Mousa-Al et al. that the disease is different from a disease known as corneal-cerebellar syndrome that had been found in 1985.

Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome
Other names	Bedouin spastic ataxia syndrome, Mousa-Al Din-Al Nassar syndrome and Spastic ataxia-ocular anomalies syndrome
Spastic ataxia-corneal dystrophy syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner

Symptoms include spastic ataxia, cataracts, macular corneal dystrophy and nonaxial myopia. Mental development is normal.

See also

• Rare disease

Further reading

• Mousa AR, Al-Din AS, Al-Nassar KE, Al-Rifai KM, Rudwan M, Sunba MS, Behbehani K (1986). "Autosomally inherited recessive spastic ataxia, macular corneal dystrophy, congenital cataracts, myopia and vertically oval temporally tilted discs. Report of a Bedouin family—a new syndrome". J. Neurol. Sci. 76 (1): 105–21. doi:10.1016/0022-510x(86)90145-0. PMID 3465874. S2CID 41626953.
• Ahmad S. Teebi (30 July 2010). Genetic Disorders Among Arab Populations. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-642-05080-0.