Frontal-executive dysfunction in early onset cerebellar ataxia of Holmes' type

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-105

  Vielhaber, Stefan ^a   Ebert, Anne D ^a   Feistner, Helmut ^a   Herrmann, Manfred ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early onset cerebellar ataxia; Holmes' syndrome; Hyopogonadism; Neuropsychological deficits

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOLMES SYNDROME; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034018771     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(00)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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