Structural and functional MRIs disclose cerebellar pathologies in idiopathic downbeat nystagmus

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1128-1135

  Hufner K ^a   Stephan, T ^a   Kalla, R ^a   Deutschlander A ^a   Wagner, J ^a   Holtmannspotter M ^a   Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^a   Strupp, M ^a   Brandt, T ^a   Glasauer, S ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 34948894917     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000276953.00969.48     Document Type: Article

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