Man aged 49 years suffering from progressive clinical picture with palatal tremor, segmental myoclonus, ataxia, parkinsonism, amyotrophy, pyramidal signs, supranuclear ophthalmoplegia and cognitive decline;Varón de 49 años con cuadro progresivo de temblor palatino, mioclono segmentario, ataxia, parkinsonismo, amiotrofia, piramidalismo, oftalmoplejía supranuclear y trastorno cognitivo

Neurologia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 237-243

  Berciano, J ^a   Monton F I ^a   Maeso, M C ^a   Ferrer, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Olivopontocerebellar atrophy; Palatal tremor; Segmental myoclonus; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PALATE; PARKINSONISM; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RECTUM BIOPSY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHIES; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE; TREMOR;

EID: 17144461378     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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