Clinical and radiological features of juvenile onset olivopontocerebellar atrophy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-156

  Chand, R Pratap ^a   Tharakan, J K J ^a   Koul, R L ^a   Kumar, S Dilip ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Olivopontocerebellar atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION;

EID: 0030152906     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(96)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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