Archive - A-T Clinical Handbook

Speech and language abilities vary from one person with A-T to another, and vary over time in individual patients.

A-T symptoms can create difficulty for completing reading and writing tasks.

Children and adults with A-T are at increased risk for respiratory problems.

A-T signs and symptoms are distinctive yet vary widely in severity from person to person.

The gene causing A-T (the ATM gene) was identified in 1995. This gene produces ATM protein.

A-T is inherited, or passed on, in families from parents to children.

The neurology of A-T is incredibly complicated and the neurologic impairments of A-T are many and varied.

Many, but not all, A-T patients have abnormalities of immune function.

This chapter provides basic information about some of the illnesses that your child may experience.

Feeding and swallowing problems become more common among people with A-T during the teenage years.