Francesca Spagnolo , Edoardo Monfrini , Vincenza Pinto , Giovanni Di Maggio , Paolo De Marco , Giacomo P. Comi , Augusto Rini , Alessio Di Fonzo
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We describe a case of severe adult-onset progressive tremulous cerebellar ataxia with pyramidal signs associated with a rare homozygous truncating pathogenic variant in the SYNE1 gene (p.Arg5371*). This contrasts the initial views on SYNE1-related ataxia as a relatively benign, slowly progressive condition, with important implications for clinic-genetic counselling.