Ataxia and cerebellar atrophy - A novel manifestation of neuro-Behçet disease?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-308

  Gardner, Raquel C ^a   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BEHCET DISEASE; BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEURO BEHCET DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS; TREMOR; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; ATROPHY; BEHCET SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 39749113069     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21834     Document Type: Letter

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