Management of the ataxias: towards best clinical practice

Claire Bates, Peter Baxter, Harriet Bonney, Fion Bremner, Lisa Bunn, Maria Carrillo Perez-Tome, Mark Chung, Lisa Cipolotti, Rajith de Silva, Kate Duberley, John Ealing, Anton Emmanuel, Paola Giunti, Julie Greenfield, Marios Hadjivassilliou, N.S. Harshavardhana, Kate Hayward, Christian Hendriksz, Joshua Hersheson, Rita Horvath & 12 others Joanne Hurford, Fatima Jaffer, Cherry Kilbride, Anja Lowit, Jonathan Marsden, Andrea Nemeth, M H Hilali Noordeen, Jalesh Panicker, Antonios Pantazis, Michael H Parkinson, Liz Redmond, Kai Uus

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Abstract

This document aims to provide recommendations for healthcare professionals on the diagnosis and management of people with progressive ataxia. The progressive ataxias are rare neurological conditions, and are often poorly understood by healthcare professionals. Diagnosis has generally been a long process because of the rarity and complexity of the different ataxias1. In addition, many healthcare professionals are unsure how best to manage the conditions and there is sometimes a feeling that little can be done for these patients1,2 Although there are no disease-modifying treatments for the majority of the progressive ataxias, there are many aspects of the conditions that are treatable and it is thus important that this is recognised by the relevant healthcare professionals. The diagnosis and management of the few treatable causes is also of paramount importance. All this highlights the importance of producing these guidelines: in order to increase awareness and understanding of these conditions, and lead to their improved diagnosis and management. With new developments in genetic technologies and the discovery of more genes, diagnosis is improving and has great scope to continue to do so. In addition, research is advancing and many human trials to test medications are taking place, making us more optimistic that disease-modifying treatments will be found for the progressive ataxias.
LanguageEnglish
TypeClinical Guidelines
Number of pages88
Place of PublicationLondon
Edition3rd
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jul 2016

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Bates, C., Baxter, P., Bonney, H., Bremner, F., Bunn, L., Carrillo Perez-Tome, M., ... Uus, K. Management of the ataxias: towards best clinical practice.
Bates, Claire ; Baxter, Peter ; Bonney, Harriet ; Bremner, Fion ; Bunn, Lisa ; Carrillo Perez-Tome, Maria ; Chung, Mark ; Cipolotti, Lisa ; de Silva, Rajith ; Duberley, Kate ; Ealing, John ; Emmanuel, Anton ; Giunti, Paola ; Greenfield, Julie ; Hadjivassilliou, Marios ; Harshavardhana, N.S. ; Hayward, Kate ; Hendriksz, Christian ; Hersheson, Joshua ; Horvath, Rita ; Hurford, Joanne ; Jaffer, Fatima ; Kilbride, Cherry ; Lowit, Anja ; Marsden, Jonathan ; Nemeth, Andrea ; Noordeen, M H Hilali ; Panicker, Jalesh ; Pantazis, Antonios ; Parkinson, Michael H ; Redmond, Liz ; Uus, Kai. / Management of the ataxias : towards best clinical practice. 88 p.
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