Vergence disorders in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia 3/Machado- Joseph disease: A synoptophore study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-123

  Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Okayama, Akira ^a   Sakae, Nobutaka ^a   Yamasaki, Takao ^a   Ohshima, Tomomi ^a   Sakamoto, Taiji ^a   Fujii, Naoki ^b   Kira, Jun ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spinocerebellar ataxia 3 Machado Joseph disease; Synoptophore; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DIPLOPIA; ESOTROPIA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PEDIGREE; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0034651917     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00309-3     Document Type: Article

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