Familial positional downbeat nystagmus and cerebellar ataxia: Clinical and pathologic findings

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1039, Issue , 2005, Pages 540-543

  Kattah, Jorge C ^a   Gujrati, Meena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis; Familial ataxia; Positional downbeat nystagmus

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIONAL DOWNBEAT NYSTAGMUS; PURKINJE CELL;

ATAXIA;

EID: 22144479718     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1325.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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