Comparison of oculomotor findings in the progressive ataxia syndromes

Brain

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 15-25

  Moschner, Carsten ^a   Perlman, Susan ^b   Baloh, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Friedreich's ataxia; Saccades; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSMETRIA; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHIES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCADES;

EID: 0028349336     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/117.1.15     Document Type: Article

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