Hereditary paroxysmal ataxia, or episodic ataxia (EA), is a rare, genetically heterogeneous neurological disorder characterized by attacks of generalized ataxia. By direct sequence analysis, a different missense mutation of the potassium channel gene (KCNA1) has been identified in three families with EA.

doi.org/10.1007/s004390050722, hdl.handle.net/1765/54124
Human Genetics
Department of Neurology

Scheffer, H., Brunt, E. R. P., Mol, G. J. J., van der Vlies, P., Stulp, B. K., Verlind, E., … Buys, C. H. C. M. (1998). Three novel KCNA1 mutations in episodic ataxia type I families. Human Genetics, 102(4), 464–466. doi:10.1007/s004390050722