Neuro-ophthalmic, radiographic, and pathologic manifestations of adult- onset Alexander disease

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-267

  Martidis, Adam ^a   Yee, Robert D ^a   Azzarelli, Biagio ^a   Biller, Jose ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DEMYELINATION; DENTATE NUCLEUS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0033042170     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.2.265     Document Type: Article

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