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Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late onset neurdegenerative disorder associated with problems with movement, memory, and the autonomic nervous system. Though it also involves the Fragile X gene, is a much different clinical syndrome.

FXTAS can present with many of the same symptoms of multiple system atrophy, and often includes parkinsonism, dysautont dysautonomia, peripheral neuropathy, and dementia. It is a trinucleotide repeat disorder in the Fragile X mental retardation 1 gene, FMR1. It most often occurs in men, but can present in women. There is no cure for FXTAS, but several of the symptoms can be made better with medication.^[1]

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• Fragile X syndrome