Treatment of the gravity dependence of downbeat nystagmus with 3,4-diaminopyridine

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 905-907

  Sprenger, A ^c   Rambold, H ^a   Sander, T ^a   Marti, S ^b   Weber, K ^b   Straumann, D ^b   Helmchen, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c University Lübeck ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33748702318     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233829.76150.6b     Document Type: Article

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