Vestibular, saccadic and fixation abnormalities in genetically confirmed Friedreich ataxia

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1035-1045

  Fahey, Michael C ^a,b   Cremer, Phillip D ^c   Aw, Swee T ^d   Millist, Lynette ^e   Todd, Michael J ^c   White, Owen B ^e   Halmagyi, Michael ^d   Corben, Louise A ^a   Collins, Veronica ^a   Churchyard, Andrew J ^f   Tan, Kim ^c   Kowal, Lionel ^g   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^g Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Friedreich ataxia; Ocular motor; Saccades; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FIXATION ABNORMALITY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA RATING SCALE; HUMAN; INFRARED OCULOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SACCADIC ABNORMALITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISION;

EID: 41849138247     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm323     Document Type: Article

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