Cerebellar ataxia, dementia, pyramidal signs, cortical cataract of the posterior pole and a raised IgG index in a patient with a sporadic form of olivopontocerebellar atrophy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-101

  Schelhaas, H J ^a   Hageman, G ^a   Post, J G ^b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Clinical Genetics Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

'Idiopathic' late onset cerebellar ataxia; Cortical cataract; Marinesco Sjogren syndrome; Multiple system atrophy; Olivopontocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; ONSET AGE;

EID: 0030949233     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00604-5     Document Type: Article

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