Spasmus Nutans and Congenital Ocular Motor Apraxia with Cerebellar Vermian Hypoplasia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1621-1624

  Kim, Ji Soo ^a,b   Park, Sung Ho ^a   Lee, Kwang Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD NODDING; HUMAN; INFANCY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APRAXIAS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACCADES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 0344033756     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.11.1621     Document Type: Article

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