DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF NEUROLOGICAL CAUSES OF CEREBELLAR, SPINAL AND SYSTEMIC ATAXIA

​Differential diagnosis of neurological causes of cerebellar, spinal and systemic ataxia are : 
-multiple sclerosis 
-tabes dorsalis 
-Friedreich’s ataxia
-polyneuritis 
-Basillar impression
-verterbral basilar artery ischemia 
-Marinessu – Garland syndrome 
-HIV infection 
-spinal cord compression 
-pressure on dorsal nerve roots
-damage to myelin sheath 
-Mann syndrome 
-Westphal ‘s disease
-hepatolenticular degeneration occurring in puberty 
-Wilson’s disease
-Hartnup syndrome 
-Graefe  - sjorgen syndrome 
-Arnold Chiari syndrome 
-familial periodic ataxia 
-spinocerebellar ataxia
-mitochondrial cytopathy 
-GM2 gangliosidoses
-ataxia telangiectasia
-cerebellar heredoataxia
-hemorrhagic pesudoencephalitis 
-infectious causes
-disease of the vestibular apparatus
-circulation disorders in the brain stem area
-cerebellar abscess
-cerebellar cortex atrophy