Cerebellar degeneration workup

November 05, 2004

FBE

UCE, Ca, Mg, phosphate

B12, folate

TFT

ANA

Vitamin E

Antigliadin, antiendomysial

Anti Hu (limbic encephalomyelitis), Yo (Purkinje cell), Ri (opsoclonus-myoclonus) antibodies

SCA 1,2,3,6,7,10,12,DRPLA, Friedrich’s ataxia, aprataxia genetic testing

Dodecapeptide repeats for Unverricht Lundborg disease or skin biopsy +/- workup for progresive myoclonic epilepsy

Urinary screen for amino acids. 

MRI