Early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes: Foot deformity in a first grade family member

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-255

  Schelhaas, H J ^a   Hulst, M V D ^a   Ippel, E ^b   Prevo, R L ^a   Hageman, G ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early onset cerebellar ataxia; EOCA; FARR; Friedreich's ataxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SYNDROME; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; GAIT; HUMANS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0032718764     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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