Periodic alternating nystagmus in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA 6)

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 512-515

  Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a   Yamashita, Isao ^a   Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Episodic ataxia; Gaze nystagmus; Periodic alternating nystagmus; Positional nystagmus; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; VERTIGO;

ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PERIODICITY; RECURRENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031771347     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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