Impaired eye movements in presymptomatic spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 530-536

  Christova, Peka ^a   Anderson, John H ^a   Gomez, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 6 GENE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SACCADES; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 42249095826     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.4.530     Document Type: Article

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