Palatal tremor, progressive multiple cranial nerve palsies, and cerebellar ataxia: A case report and review of literature of palatal tremors in neurodegenerative disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 689-693

  Kulkarni, Prachet K ^a   Muthane, Uday B ^a   Taly, Arun B ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a   Shetty, R ^a   Swamy, H Sathyanarayana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Alexander's disease; Brain stem atrophy; OPCA; Palatal myoclonus; Palatal tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TREMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PALATAL MUSCLES; PALATE, SOFT; PARALYSIS; TREMOR;

EID: 0033405295     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199907)14:4<689::AID-MDS1022>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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