Clinical and imaging characterization of a patient with idiopathic progressive ataxia and palatal tremor

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 944-946

  Cilia, R ^a,b   Righini, A ^c   Marotta, G ^d   Benti, R ^d   Marconi, R ^e   Isaias, I U ^a,b   Pezzoli, G ^a   Antonini, A ^a  

^a PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c V BUZZI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^e MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

123I FP CIT SPECT; 18F FDG PET; Ataxia; Hypertrophic olivary degeneration; Palatal tremor

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RED NUCLEUS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34547094798     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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