Differential Diagnosis
Acquired
Vascular: stroke
Infection: cerebellitis, EBV, HIV, syphilis, vaccine, CJD, Whipple
Toxin/drug: alcohol, bismuth, chemotherapy, AED, Li, Hg, 甲苯, 噴漆
Autoimmune: Paraneoplastic (anti-Hu, Yo, Ma, Ri, Tr, Ta, CV2, Zic1, Zic4)
Metabolic: hypothyroidism
Idiopathic: MSA
Nutrition: vitamin E, B1, B12, gliadin
Structure: tumor, trauma, superficial siderosis
Hereditary
ADCA: SCA
ARCA: Wilson, FA
AVED, abetalipoproteinemia, Cayman
Acereoplasminemia, adrenomyeloneuropathy,
late-onset Tay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick disease type C, CTX
CoQ10 deficiency, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) deficiency
Mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (MIRAS)
AT, ATLD, AOA1, AOA2, ARSACS, ARCA, EA
Mitochondrial: MERRF, MELAS, NARP
X-linked: FXTAS