Mondo Description Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a rare subtype of type I autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA type I). It is characterized by involuntary movements, ataxia, epilepsy, mental disorders, cognitive decline and prominent anticipation.

Uniprot Description Autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of neurons in the dentate nucleus, rubrum, glogus pallidus and Luys'body. Clinical features are myoclonus epilepsy, dementia, and cerebellar ataxia. Onset of the disease occurs usually in the second decade of life and death in the fourth.

Disease Ontology Description An autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia that has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) encoding a polyglutamine tract in the atrophin-1 protein.